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Except he hadn’t understood my question at all.
I wasn’t even sureIunderstood. Because this… this didn’t make any sense. Us talking about Ransom and Cael. Right after… right after…
Cillian kissed?—
“You need sleep,” Cillian said, interrupting my thought. “And I need to do my security rounds. Good night, Ivana.”
Rather than shadow, he simply walked away.
Without a backward glance.
I almost called out after him, but I couldn’t seem to catch my breath. My heart… was no longer beating.
A movie date with Ransom.
Brunch at nine.
With Prince Cael.
Cillian’s words made it sound like he expected me to allow the other Alphas to court me.
Why would he want that after kissing me?
Unless… unless that kiss didn’t mean what I think it meant.
Which suggests…
I swallowed, my mind slowly piecing together everything that had just happened.
“That’s how an Alpha should kiss you.”
“Like you’re the most important woman in the world.”
“Like he’s yours and only yours.”
“Like he couldn’t give a fuck as to who might be observing from nearby.”
That bastard…
Cillian had beendemonstratingwhat I should expect from the Alphas courting me. He hadn’t kissed me because he’d wanted to, but because he’d wanted to set my expectations.
What the fuck?I thought, glaring in the direction he’d walked off in. It was too late for me to ask that question aloud. I couldn’t even see him now, my mind having taken too long to process his kiss.
And hell if I was going to try to talk to him telepathically.
The last thing I wanted was for him to be inside my mind. To hear the chaos floating around. Thehurt.
He’d just given me apitykiss.
After telling me that Ransom wasn’t good enough for me because he hadn’t been able to kiss me in front of Cillian.
I growled. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”
How the hell was I supposed to find an Alpha mate with Cillian bestowing pity kisses on me? Not only did I smell like him—thanks to sharing this damn igloo—but he’d basically branded my mouth.
And for what?
To teach me a lesson on sensuality.
