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“Meira,” Lucien yells, his footfalls hitting the ground right behind me. He snatches my arm and swings me back around, but my fury lashes out.
I slam my palms against his chest and catch him off guard, judging by his widening eyes, but he doesn’t let go of me. My breaths are coming out as pants, and all I can think is that Dušan is beating up Bardhyl, decidingforme who I can or can’t be with. Pent-up tension has me thrashing to free myself.
“Let go! He’s going to hurt Bardhyl.”
Lucien breaks out into a laugh at my expense.
“Meira, it’d take an army to physically hurt Bardhyl. That’s the first thing you need to know about your Viking warrior. Now come here.” He wrangles me roughly and spins me around so his chest is flush against my back, his arms clasped around the front of my shoulders, keeping me in place.
“Then why can’t I go—”
Two wolves burst out from the woods with such ferociousness, I flinch against Lucien, losing my words. One as black as night, Dušan, the other with the whitest fur and black-tipped ears. Bardhyl. Together, they’re a jumbled ball of teeth and growls, the battle savage.
My heart hammers and I go rigid, but I’m not backing away. Lucien’s lips are on my ear. “The thing about Ash Wolves is that most things between Alphas are resolved through battle.”
I shudder and clench my teeth. “Why the hell isn’t Dušan accepting Bardhyl? It’s my call!” Writhing against Lucien does nothing to free myself.
“Quite the opposite,” he murmurs, his chin resting on my shoulder. “Watch them fight. It’s all mock. There’s no blood. This is a fight of power and aggression and reconfirming hierarchy. Bardhyl took something that belonged to the Alpha, and now Dušan must reestablish his position before he accepts the Viking being with you. Bardhyl has to kneel.”
The more I watch, the more I start to notice he’s right. The pair roll on the ground in a tangle, biting at each other’s necks and sides and hides, ripping fur but not drawing blood.
Looking at it through different lenses now, there’s an aggressive beauty about the fight.
I don’t understand most of these pack rules or the power struggle, but I’m slowly learning new things every day. Things I missed out on while growing up mostly with other females and then on my own.
Dušan latches on to the back of Bardhyl’s neck and tosses him across the ground with ridiculous strength. Bardhyl slides into a tree and stays down as his Alpha trots over to him and sniffs him.
“See here,” Lucien says. “He’d normally unleash a howl of victory, but that’s not going to work in our favor out here.”
I swallow hard as Bardhyl climbs up, head low, and darts past his Alpha to vanish into the shadowy woods. Moments later, Dušan comes toward us. His body shakes as he pulls himself up into a human, transforming so fast that by the third step, he’s completely taken human form. Fur has vanished, his face morphed back to his gorgeous self.
Bite marks and bruises mar his body, but it doesn’t distract from how powerful and utterly naked he is. My gaze falls to the thatch of dark hair above his cock, flaccid but still big… and of course, I lack any ability to act discreetly.
He catches me staring, and my cheeks flush with fire.
I shift to move out of Lucien’s arms, but he holds me still as Dušan approaches. Strong and powerful, he stops inches from me and grabs my chin, forcing me to face him. A fresh scratch under his eye blushes red. He only has eyes for me.
I’m pinned between these two Alphas, and I need to ask what the resolution was with Bardhyl and if he’s coming back, but instead I’m lost under Dušan’s wild, hypnotic stare. My body hums with energy, their energy blending in with mine.
“You’ve selected three of us as your mates, and I accept that. But no more, understand?” he growls.
“It’s not like I consciously wanted three,” I respond, my muscles tensing. I don’t know if it is or isn’t, but my wolf seems to be in heat around these three Alphas.
“Maybe not, but I won’t tolerate another.”
Bardhyl returns toward us, already dressed. His head is low, and I find it fascinating how loyal and dedicated wolves are to their Alpha.
Dušan lets out a deep, throaty growl, filled with dominance, sexual desire, and a reminder of all of our positions in his pack. I feel the vibrations of his power like never before, and my breath catches in my throat.
He nods to Lucien, who releases me, and it’s Dušan who takes hold of me now, by my neck, and draws me to him. Our lips clash with a savage hunger. And just like he put Bardhyl back in his place, I know exactly what’s coming my way.
His canine nicks my lip, and he licks my blood, the pinch stinging. His hands tighten on my hips. I can barely breathe from the heat he pours over me.
“You are mine.” He snarls in my mouth and pulls back, his eyes taking wolf form.
Instinct has me wanting to kiss him back harder, but I stand my place in front of him. My wolf picked him and the others, so that means finding a way to make this work.
“We should leave,” Lucien says, interrupting the buildup. The way Dušan’s hand has grabbed at my top, it’s like he might rip it off me here and now.
