Lethal Temptation (by Michelle Ray) novel Chapter 50

50 (Lucian’s POV) Surprise Steam

Lucian

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I stepped into the room, dropped the file onto the couch, and headed straight for the bedroom- and everything else vanished.

Mara.

She was spread across the bed in black lace lingerie, tied loosely, deliberately, like a gift meant just for me. The suspender belt, the garters… it was a vision crafted to destroy all coherent thought.

Whatever conversation I had with my father-gone. Just like that.

“I’ve been waiting for you,” she said, voice low and thick with need. Her eyes, dark with lust, locked

onto mine.

Was her heat coming? Maybe. Or maybe this was just her-unapologetic, wild, mine.

I stripped, tossing my shirt and shorts aside, and opened the drawer for her G-spot stimulator.

Then I linked Austin.

Bring whipped cream. Now. Leave it outside the door. And no one comes in till tomorrow.

“Lucian,” Mara whined, squirming slightly against the bindings.

I grinned. “Patience, my Luna.”

A knock came. I grabbed the canister, shut the door, and turned back to her.

She was watching me. Breathing faster. Her scent was thick in the air-ripe, intoxicating.

I walked to the bed, slow and deliberate, and touched her lips with my finger. She took it into her mouth, sucking gently, her eyes not leaving mine. That alone made me hard. But I wasn’t in a rush.

Not tonight.

I knelt beside her, taking my time peeling the lingere away, kissing every inch I exposed. She whimpered when I grazed her thighs, then gasped when I traced my fingers over her center-just a tease, not enough.

I shook the can, then carefully applied whipped cream to each of her n*****s.

She moaned.

I leaned in and licked slowly, tasting her and the sweet coolness all at once. Her moan deepened, hips arching off the bed.

“Sweet,” I murmured.

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<50 (Lucian’s POV) Surprise Steam

And I realized, again, just how strong she really was

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“I’ll be taking over from my father as Alpha,” I said, watching her closely. “And because you’ll be

Luna… you can’t be Gamma anymore.”

Silence.

She didn’t flinch. Didn’t speak either. Just looked at me, unreadable.

“I’ll also need you to step in at Steel Corp,” I continued. “Once I fully assume the Alpha role, you’ll run the company. At least most of it.”

She finally spoke, her voice calm but measured. “Is your father okay with that?”

I nodded. “He’s agreed.”

She let out a long, quiet sigh, and I knew what it meant. She might not have been shocked, but that didn’t mean it didn’t hurt. I could see it in the way her shoulders dropped-like she was quietly burying something she loved.

“I won’t make this difficult for you, Lucian,” she said at last, her voice soft. “I joined the academy because… I had a crush on Darian. That part of my life is over. This is where I belong now.”

She reached for my hand, her touch warm and steady.

“I’ll support you in every way I can,” she said, holding my gaze. “But you need to promise me

something.”

“Anything.”

“That we lead together. The pack. The company. Whatever comes next-we do it as equals. You and me. No secrets. No one above the other. Just us. Together.”

I looked into her eyes and felt the depth of what she was offering-not duty, not obligation, but real

partnership.

I leaned in and kissed her gently, linking to her mind as I whispered:

“I promise.”

She kissed me back, slow and lingering, sealing the bond between us.

I rested my forehead against hers, letting the silence settle around us.

“Thank you, Mara,” I whispered. “For everything. For being you.”

She smiled-small, quiet, powerful.

She didn’t need a title to be strong. She already was

She was my Luna.

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