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Except it’s Lucien who enters. His nostrils flare with a deep, shaky inhale, and something glints over his eyes. He can smell my desire, my need, and his Alpha’s as well.
“I had to see you,” he says, his voice deep and gravelly, as though he’s struggling with his emotions. “I tried to stay away,” he admits, the corners of his mouth pulling tight.
I can’t hold back the smile on my face at seeing him, at how much I missed him. “I need some fresh air,” I plead as I step closer.
He nods and stretches his hand out for me. I accept, and the moment our hands touch, that jolt of desire sparks to life just as it had over breakfast a few days ago.
Our gazes clash. He feels it too, just as he sensed the attraction between us when we first met.
His fingers curl around mine, and he leads me out into the hall quickly. The guard standing there just watches me and doesn’t say a word.
Next thing I know, Lucien and I are running down the hallway, my wolf fueled with adrenaline—with the need to hunt. Lucien glances back at me, that hunger lashing over his face. I’ve never felt like this before.
I should be scared and ashamed at wanting to be with Lucien as my body craves Dušan. I’ve become an Omega who mated with the Alpha of the Ash Wolves but who can’t control her instincts or reactions.
Turn back! I yell in my head, but my wolf takes charge. The longing comes off in waves, and my scent of fear coupling with it. Still, we don’t stop. Not when we break out of the fortress, not when we rush into the dense woods within the settlement, and not when Lucien’s clothes rip off his body as his body transforms.
Crisp air splashes over my face. I suck in breaths, watching with awe. His body elongates, his bones crack, his skin pops. Deep brown hair explodes over his wolf form. On four legs, he runs alongside me. He’s huge, easily reaching my waist, and utterly stunning.
Electricity races up my spine.
My bare feet hit the ground. I don’t feel the pebbles or twigs I tread on. Only the exhilaration thrumming through me, the power driving me. Is this how it feels to take the form of a wolf?
I drown in the intoxication of my wolf—the primal instinct, the savagery, the familiarity. This is what I am meant to be. Free as a wolf, not hiding in trees and from my real form.
It hits me so hard…a feeling I’ve never experienced before.
When we finally reach the top of the hill where the metal fence blocks our path, we stop.
I gasp for air and collapse to my knees, half-laughing, half-trying to fill my lungs. “That’s incredible. How could I have never felt this way before?”
Lucien in his wolf form curls around me, his gaze narrowing. I reach out gingerly and spear my fingers through his lush, thick coat. It’s almost soft to the touch, and his skin is on fire.
He rubs himself across my back as he keeps circling me. My wolf surges in me. She’s right there, whining for him, pressing against me for release. I sense her stronger now, like she’s sliding right under my skin, desperate to tear out of me.
I breathe easy and open myself up as I did with Dušan last night. An ache comes with the concentration, and it burrows deep in my gut. I shut my eyes, squeezing them tightly. My heart hammers as sweat slides down my spine. Inside, I feel twisted and trapped.
A soft hand cups the side of my face, and I flutter my eyelashes open.
Lucien kneels in front of me naked, and all I can see is this big, powerful Alpha, a prime specimen that affects me. I drown in his woodsy, masculine scent. This beautiful man stares at me like he’s inhaling me with his gaze.
“What’s happening to me?” I swallow down a shaky breath.
“Your wolf is calling to mine… I can smell Dušan all over you, but I don’t care. There’s no jealousy, only the hunger to claim you as mine.”
I blink at him.His!
I want to ask if he’s toying with me, except I feel the sensation too. The intimate anticipation to reach over and kiss him just as I had wanted on our first kiss. My pulse races, because my body desires him while my brain tells me to push him away. To wipe that devious smirk off his face.
The inability to unleash my wolf plagues me—it scares me—but I don’t know how I feel about being claimed by two Alphas. I’m struggling enough with Dušan’s dominance and how my body melts around him—how my mind is not my own.
A cool breeze washes over us, and my world spins as my heart beats quickly. I try to fight it and bite down on my lip to hold back.
“You can’t fight it,” Lucien says, his voice heavy and deep. He reaches out for me, his hand clutching my skirt.
I can’t breathe from our proximity. I’m so nervous about what this means for us…for me… for my wolf.
Rising to his feet, he towers over me. “I will take you,” he says.
