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“Have you ever heard anyone describe what it’s like when they see their mate for the first time?”
I shrugged.
“It’s not always the same. Sometimes it’s awe, or attraction, sometimes it’s nerves. And sometimes, they say…” She paused, leaning back more, taking me in fully and I could see the anxiety in her own eyes as if she wasn’t sure she should carry on.
“Tell me?” I asked. I wasn’t used to the desperation in my voice.
“Could you be describing…?” Again, she trailed off, but she didn’t need to finish as I realised what she was saying.
Love at first sight.
I’d heard it before when discussing scent matched packs, and yet never had I ever thought it was possible for me. It flew in the face of everything I’d just said.
I’d never loved anyone—not even my own brother. A laugh slipped out, but my mouth was dry. I’d hurt in a way I couldn’t describe since the moment I’d seen Vex. “Love is supposed to be good. If this was love, it wouldn’t hurt.”
Her light laugh caught me off guard, and she just looked at me like I was mad.
“What would you say if it was?” I asked.
Our agreement was sound. She didn’t wantthisfrom me. I didn’t think I was truly capable of love, but if I was, I pitied the person on the other end of that.
Her brows bunched as she considered.
Lord she was beautiful. I wanted to drag her closer and press my lips to hers right now. I wanted all of her. Mind, body and soul.
I drew up at that thought, something so much more gentle in it than when I’d desired her before.
Because shewasmine.
And I was hers, and now she was in my head.
Nothing else.
Yet I’d claimed a lot of things in my life. My job. Drake. Even Rook—though he’d never admit it.
None ofthemhurt to hold.
“If it was, I’d like that.” Her words drew me up.
She’d already seen the monster I was. She’d fallen victim to it. Our agreement. That was something I could manage.
This though? This was pure destruction.
Butwhywas I fighting this?
If I wanted her to be mine I should be drowning her with the possibility of love. Isn’t that what omegas wanted? If I gave her that, she’d stay, and I could keep her forever.
Again, that ache grew, the piece of her that was lodged within me.
Convince her, or you could lose her…
Only… I wanted her happy, even if it meant she didn’t want me.
That last thought slammed into me like an iron weight.
I couldn’t breathe, and I sat up, clutching her tight, trying to unravel this stupid, complicated shit in my brain.
“Are you okay?” Vex asked, worry in her eyes.
