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Levi’s POV
My eyes were fixed on the wall clock as the second hand ticked past 7 PM. Right on time.
I emptied the glass of whiskey in my hand, the burn doing nothing to calm the storm raging inside me.
She was in heat now.
Wherever Olivia was–she was burning. My wolf knew it. Felt it. He growled and thrashed inside me, pacing, snarling. He wanted her. Needed her. Not just for the sake of the bond–but to ease her pain.
And still–I stayed rooted in my chair.
The air around me was thick with the scent of heat. Almost every she–wolf in the mansion had gone into heat tonight, and the ones who didn’t have mates were locked away in the safe rooms just down the hall. But even with the air soaked in arousal and pheromones, my wolf didn’t care.
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None of them mattered.
The only scent I wanted–the only one I craved–was Olivia’s. That sweet blend of nutmeg and honey that used to make my wolf go still and greedy. I was trying, desperately, to find even the faintest trace of it in the
air.
But nothing.
Not even a whisper of her.
“Fucking hell,” Lennox muttered, slamming his glass down on the table and standing up. He ran a hand through his hair, pacing the room like a caged animal. “She’s out there. Alone. In heat. And we’re just here- waiting.”
Louis sat on the couch, his eyes glassy with worry, fingers clenching around the stem of his glass. He hadn’t said much, but I could feel the storm building inside him. When he finally spoke, his voice cracked.
“What if he touches her?” Louis whispered. “What if she begs him because the heat is too much, and she can’t help it?”
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“No,” I growled, standing up too. “Don’t say that.”
“I’m not saying it because I want to,” Louis snapped. “I’m saying it because it’s possible. She’s strong, but heat… it takes over. And we’re not there to protect
her.”
Lennox slammed his fist into the wall, cracking the plaster. “We should’ve found her already. How the hell did this even happen? How did someone just take her like that?”
None of us had an answer.
The silence after that was heavy. Painful.
We each poured another drink, but it didn’t help. We were suffering, and we all knew it.
Then the door creaked open and Anita stepped inside, and the scent hit us immediately, strong, rich,
unmistakably in heat.
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Her cheeks flushed, her eyes glassy and pupils wide. Her breathing was shallow, chest rising and falling quickly. Her scent wrapped around the room like smoke, seductive and overwhelming. Any other time, it
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might have stirred something primal in us.
But not tonight.
Not with Olivia missing.
“I… I can’t stay in the safe wing,” Anita said softly, taking a few steps into the room. Her voice shook, her
hands already reaching up to the straps of her dress.
“I’m in heat.”
Lennox didn’t even look at her. “We’re not in the
mood.”
She hesitated, lips parting, but her fingers still slid the thin straps off her shoulders, letting the dress slip
down her arms.
“You can have me,” she said breathlessly, desperation lacing her words. “All of you. You always said I belonged to you. I wear your marks. You made me your concubine.”
I turned my head sharply, my jaw clenched. “Put your dress back on.”
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