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Kellan froze. “Are you… Are you purring?”
I stopped instantly, my body locking up as humiliation burned away the happiness that had thrummed in my blood moments earlier. I started to pull away, but Kellan’s hands clamped onto my waist, anchoring me in place.
“I’m sorry,” I muttered, keeping my head down. “I don’t know what?—”
“Look at me, sugar,” he entreated, waiting patiently until I lifted my eyes of my own free will. His dark eyes were wide with astonishment and awe. “Was that the first time you’ve purred?”
My nose wrinkled. “I’m not a cat.”
He barked out a laugh, his lips twisting into a panty-melting grin. “I’m well fucking aware.” He lifted his hips, grinding his hard length against my core. “If an animal had me this turned on, I’d have to arrest myself.”
I tried to subtly shift my weight off his lap, but there was nowhere to go where I couldn’t feel him beneath me. My breath came in choppy pants, and I expected fear to wash over me the way it did when Donovan would perch me on his lap and grind his erection into me.
But the panic never came. Instead, I had the urge to widen my thighs and rock against him.
No, no, no.
Frowning, I tried to backtrack my thoughts and sort out what he was saying. “I thought purring was an alpha thing.”
He nodded. “It is, but omegas can purr, too, when they’re trying to soothe an upset alpha. It usually only happens when the omega is with her pack, or her mates. It’s a connection thing, and it means you care enough to want to comfort me.” He looked entirely too pleased with himself.
My lips formed a silent ‘O’ of surprise.
Kellan took advantage of my shock to swoop in and press a fast kiss to my parted lips. “Fuck, you’re perfect.”
My lips tingled from the contact, but I shot him an incredulous look at his words. “I’m far from perfect.”
“Agree to disagree, sugar,” he murmured, pushing my hair out of my face.
I sighed, my shoulders drooping. “Kellan, I’m a disaster. Seriously. You guys should run as fast?—”
“Hazel.” The censure in his tone made me pause, my gaze jerking to the normally playful alpha who looked decidedly annoyed. “I get that you’ve been dealt a shitty hand the last few years. We all know that. But I can speak for the pack when I say we’re not cool with you putting yourself down.”
“I didn’t… I just… Shit.” I blew out a breath. “Everything feels so out of control. From my life to the freaking nest.”
He turned and glanced over his shoulder. “Your nest looks perfect.”
I let out an unhappy grumble even as my heart swooped happily that he approved of my nest. “It’s not perfect.”
“Then what would make it perfect?” He stood and set my feet on the floor, turning like he was prepared to dismantle the entire mountain of fluff at my command.
“The smells are wrong,” I confessed.
Everything Calla and her mom had bought was—thankfully—brand new. But that meant they had a generic, bland cotton scent with a hint of plastic wrap. To my omega side, it was like being rubbed with sandpaper.
Having Jude’s shirt in the mix helped, but as a beta, his scent was the faintest. And a single t-shirt wasn’t making a dent in the overwhelming wrongness of the smell coming from my nest.
Kellan nodded and didn’t hesitate to yank his shirt off. As he passed it to me, I tried my hardest not to ogle all the tattooed skin stretched over rock-hard muscles. I mean, seriously? He had a freaking eight pack. And those sharp indents by his hips made my mouth literally water.
I pressed my legs together, my own warm chocolate scent rising along with my temperature. Sucking in a deep breath, I twisted so he wouldn’t see the blatant desire in my eyes,
“Fuck,” Kellan growled, dragging me closer to press his cheek against my hair. His arms wrapped around me, pulling my back to his front. The hard ridge of his cock was insistent against my back. “You smell good enough to eat, baby.”
I shuddered and leaned into him, wanting to be devoured by him.
Two days ago, I was doing everything I could to get rid of a guy who wanted nothing but sex from me, and now I was about to ride out part two of my heat with a group of guys I barely knew.
“Hey.” Kellan turned me in his arms, his dark eyes searching mine. “What’s wrong?”
