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Cryssa’s face swam in front of my eyes—captious and condemnatory. I imagined her looking down on me with hatred and disgust. Rightly so. With my future mate, I had struggled to provide the rut she required for a fulfilling sex life. My body just…declinedto work that way in her presence.
Cryssa and I had been working side by side for over half a decade, intent on the advancement of Vetri’s education and agricultural systems. We were well-matched in our cause and dedication. To the outside world, we seemed like the perfect couple—working together during the day and attending court functions with entwined fingers in the evenings.
She was a good choice for my clan. Her ancestry held upstanding members of nobility, and she came from a long line of great thinkers. A mix between our lineages would certainly be an advantageous one.
If only I could tell my cock that.
It didn’t seem to understand that the omega was our future mate—theonlyperson I should be interested in mating. Although Cryssa smelled perfectly pleasant, and sported features that made scores of people jealous, I simply couldn’t summon…
A flush covered my cheeks as I remembered the several failed attempts at mating with Cryssa.
Perhapsfailedwasn’t quite accurate.Lacklusterwould be more precise.
Each time we had planned a romantic evening, the lovemaking had been nothing but quiet and awkward. I doubted she had gained any pleasure from it, even though she had seemed sufficiently content afterward.
I cringed at the description.
Sufficiently content? Really? You’re not taking a survey, Olly. You’re talking about passion. Romance. Sex.
There hadn’t been much of it in my life for years. In the rare occurrence when I’d had a moment to myself, I’d thought perhaps that I was asexual. While I didn’t have any strong desires towards others, I was content to be there for Cryssa when she needed it.
There it was again. That word:content.It seemed to be the bane of my existence.
Was it just a word I used to mask how unfulfilled I truly was?
A quick glance down revealed the obvious bulge in my trousers.
Whyher?Of all people, why Zoei? Why now?
There was no denying that my normally dormant—well, non-existent—libido had awakened around her in terrifying ways. So, perhaps my theory about being asexual was out the window. But what was the trigger?
Goddess help me. Zoei was cruel and unpredictable and…dangerous.My cock had no business standing at rapt attention for such a devil.
And yet…Yet.
Perhaps I had come alivebecauseof who she was. An Alpha who took control. Someone who employed violence to command respect from her people.
I abhorred leaders like her who used fear as a public relations strategy. It was everything I hated and fought against.
If only she weren’t so beautiful…
Truly, it was unfair. The papers and gossip columns often spoke about her severity and rigidness, but they never described the easy way she moved or the hard sensuality of her profile. It was as though her ruggedness concealed her beauty, but to me, they existed hand-in-hand.
Breath hissed from my lungs as I cupped the bulge that strained against my trousers, squeezing roughly. I wanted the fulfillment she had promised, but only from her hand. Anything else was unacceptable, or so my spirit screamed.
I shut my eyes, squeezing tight, willing away the misplaced desire.
Zoei was unhinged. I couldn't think of another word to describe a person who would lock someone up in a tower without any real evidence of wrongdoing. If that was how she ran her kingdom, I was thoroughly worried for the subjects of Agnivale.
But if she was unhinged, then what was I for desiring someone so deranged?
Chapter Fourteen
Zoei
The guards’ curious looks were like little needles sliding into my back as I descended the stairs from the holding cell. I gave away nothing to appease their curiosity, not a crumb of my true feelings, because what had happened was…
What, exactly? Whathadhappened in the last thirty minutes? How had everything gotten so thoroughly out of control?
