But they weren’t doing any of that.
They were making her want them. Making her crave them. Making her understand that there was something different happening here. Something that went beyond the contract. Something that felt possessive in a way that was almost... caring?
No. That was madness.
But as she lay in her bed, her body still burning with arousal and need, she couldn’t deny the truth of it. They were strategically breaking down every wall she’d built. One touch at a time. One moment at a time. One brother at a time.
She pressed her thighs together, trying to ease the ache that wouldn’t go away.
It only made it worse.
She could still feel him inside her. Could still taste the ghost of his kiss on her breasts. Could still see the look in his eyes when he tasted her on his fingers.
And the worst part, the most terrifying part:
She wasn’t fighting it anymore.
Her body had surrendered completely. Her mind was following close behind.
And the most confusing realization of all: part of her was already looking forward to it.
The thought should have horrified her.
Instead, it made heat pool between her legs all over again.
She buried her face in her pillow and tried not to think about what would happen when Lucian summoned her next. Tried not to imagine what his energy would feel like. Tried not to anticipate what all three of them together would do to her.
Tried and failed completely.
Because deep down, in the part of her she was afraid to acknowledge, she was already waiting for that summons.
And she was already surrendering before it even came.
***
Garrett sat at his desk in the quiet of his office, his mind consumed by thoughts he couldn’t silence.
The evening light was beginning to fade outside his window, casting long shadows across the compound. He’d dismissed the other pack members from his immediate vicinity an hour ago, needing solitude to process the observations that had been accumulating since the Blackwood brothers arrived three days ago.
Three days.
It felt like longer. It felt like the Summit had shifted on its axis the moment those three alphas stepped onto Shadowmere territory.
He stood and walked to the window, his hands clasped behind his back. From this vantage point, he could see sections of the compound. Warriors moving between buildings. Staff preparing for the evening ceremony. The rhythmic pulse of pack life continuing as it always did.
But nothing felt normal anymore.
His jaw tightened as he thought about the incidents. The growl in the courtyard. The way Lilith responded to the brothers. The possessiveness radiating from all three of them whenever she was in their vicinity. The Kieran situation and how Nicholas had handled it with such cold, calculated precision.
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