The Lost Pack (Paige) novel Chapter 284

Book 2~ Chapter 49

** Poppy’s POV **

I don’t know who moves first, maybe it’s me, maybe it’s them. Or maybe it’s the bond finally coiling tight enough that none of us can pretend it isn’t there anymore. All I know is one second there’s space between us, and the next there isn’t.

Leo’s hand closes around my wrist, not rough, but firm enough that it steals my breath as he pulls me back into him. Heat slams into my spine, solid, grounding, and dangerous.

Jake steps in at the same time. Way too close, but still not close enough. My pulse spikes and a small whimper escapes me as I press my body even further into Leo.

“Careful,” Leo murmurs against my ear, his voice low, rough in a way that sends a shiver down my spine.

“Then stop me,” I shoot back, breathless.

Big mistake. Because something in him shifts at that, his restraint cracks, just a little.

Jake presses into me, sandwiching me between them. His hand finds my jaw, not hesitant this time. His thumb drags slowly along the line of it, tilting my face up toward him.

“Say it again,” he demands.

My breath catches.

“Stop me.”

The words barely leave my mouth before he’s closer. Not a kiss yet, but close enough that I feel the heat of his breath, the tension in the space between us strains like a wire pulled too far.

Leo’s grip tightens at my waist again, anchoring me there between them. I’m not trapped, but I’m not free either. I’m exactly where they want me, exactly where I want to be.

My head tips back slightly, caught between them, breath coming faster now as the pull inside me flares, stronger than before, sharper, impossible to ignore.

“Still want to pretend that you don’t want this, that this isn’t happening?” Leo mutters.

“No,” I whisper.

Because I don’t. God, I don’t.

Jake exhales slowly, as if he’s losing the fight he was trying so hard to hold on to.

“Poppy…” he starts.

I shake my head.

“No more waiting,” I say, my voice quieter now, but steadier. “We can have this, just don’t…”

Don’t let it be because of the voice… Don’t let it control this… Don’t let me lose myself.

Jake’s gaze darkens slightly, like he understands exactly what I’m not saying.

“I won’t,” he says.

Leo doesn’t speak; he doesn’t have to. I can feel it in the way his body presses closer, the way his hand slides from my waist to my hip, holding me there like he’s already decided I’m not going anywhere.

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