Screw My Childhood Sweetheart His Alpha Brother Marked Me First novel Chapter 156

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I stepped back out of River’s hold and headed for the bathroom. If I didn’t walk away then, I’d never make it to the

shower.

I stripped off the institutional sweats and T–shirt that had been imposed on me by Kaleb’s enforcers and shoved them into the trash can. I would’ve burned them if I’d had a match or lighter. Turning on the shower, I held a hand

under the water until it heated.

Stepping under the spray, I relished the heat. I let it soothe my injured muscles as I massaged shampoo and conditioner into my hair. I inhaled the scent of my favorite rose bodywash as I rubbed it into my skin. My fingers stilled on scar after scar. I’d forever carry these reminders of my sessions with Garrison and his cruelty.

Images flashed in my mind. The panic and fear of never seeing my mates again. A sob tore free from my chest before I knew what was happening. One after the other wracked my body until I was forced to lower myself to the bench in the tiled space.

The bathroom door flew open and then Knox was stepping into the shower in nothing but a pair of basketball shorts. In a flash, he lifted me into his lap. I curled around him, holding tight. Scared that if I let go, he might disappear forever.

He tugged me against him, cocooning me. “I’ve got you. You’re safe.”

“I–I was so scared I’d never see any of you again.”

For the first time, I gave voice to the fear that had held me captive for eight days. I hadn’t let myself speak of it when

I was in the cell, too scared that I would bring it into existence with my words. But now I could be honest with myself.

“But you fought your way back to us.”

“We fought our way back to each other.”

Knox slid his hand along my jaw, tipping my face to his. “And we always will, Senna.”

There was such confidence in those words. I sank into his certainty.

Knox stroked my hip where the bond mark was complete. “We’re stronger now. No one can tear us apart.”

Each tease of his fingers against my mark sent delicious sparks through me. Before I knew what was happening, my lips were on Knox’s. I lost myself in the kiss. It was desperate almost feral. Need clawed at me. For closeness, for

Knox

He broke away, panting. “Sen, you’ve been hurt. You need rest.”

“I need you.”

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Knox searched my face, looking for some sign.

“Please.” I didn’t care that I was begging. I needed to feel him inside me. To remind myself that we were both here

and alive.

“You have me.”

In a flash, he was lifting me with one hand and shucking his shorts with the other. I straddled his lap, sinking down onto his length. I closed my eyes at the stretch, just that hint of pain.

Knox’s lips ghosted along my neck as I adjusted to his size. Teasing kisses and nips. Warmth spread through me as his hands found my breasts.

I rocked against him, easing into a rhythm. My mouth found Knox’s, and I poured everything I couldn’t say into that kiss. Lips, teeth, and tongues gave voice to a language that was our own.

His hips arched up, driving him deeper inside me. I couldn’t hold in my moan. But I needed more. I picked up my speed as Knox’s thumb circled my clit.

Sensation zinged through me, that cord within me tightening. Knox shifted, going impossibly deeper, hitting that spot that had a cascade of colors dancing behind my eyelids. Energy swirled between us, the final connection sinking deeper into place.

Knox pressed down on that bundle of nerves and that cord frayed, sending me spiraling in light and sensation. A falling apart and coming together. And as I collapsed against Knox, I knew without a doubt he was mine forever.

Knox pulled out a stool at the vanity. “Sit.”

I met his eyes in the mirror as I pulled my robe tighter around myself. “You sound like Vaughn with that bossiness.”

His lips twitched and he kissed the back of my head. “Please?

“I take it back. I don’t think Vaughn has ever said pleasein his life.”

Knox choked on a laugh as he bent to open a drawer. “You’ve got a point there.” As I sat, Knox plugged in a hairdryer. “Do you put anything on your hair before you dry it?”

I opened another drawer and grabbed some hair oil. It was one that Cass had picked out for me and it smelled amazing. I moved to open it, but Knox snatched it out of my hand. “I’ve got it.”

He poured some into his palms and rubbed them together. He worked it through my hair in gentle movements.

“I could get used to this, you know.”

Knox grinned at me in the mirror. “I like anything that gets my hands on you.”

My face heated as memories of just what his hands could do filled my mind. My belly tightened. How was it possible

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that I wanted him again already?

Knox let out a low growl. “You keep looking at me like that and we’ll never make it out of this bathroom.”

I couldn’t hold in my laughter. “Sorry.”

“You never have to apologize for wanting one of us.”

He clicked on the hairdryer and set to work drying my strands. Knox attacked the process like he did everything else, meticulously and with such care. He was so intensely focused on his task, I couldn’t help but smile.

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