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But Finn shoulder-checks him, snapping the bite like a hyena.
He swallows, eyes burning. “Star. Aren’t I your favorite?”
“Don’t have a favorite.”
“Then where’s my collar?” Finn takes my hand, fingering my new leather bracelet.
My arm hairs lift. “You want one?”
“Fuck yes.”
“JJ picked his own. I just put it…“ I make the mistake of turning.
Jett is fucking gone.
But JJ.
He has a finger hooked in his collar ring and a soul-stealingly soft smile that robs the air from my lungs, the room, and the entire fucking planet.
It’s mass extinction.
Crops die, people suffocate, and solar systems collapse under the force of those gravity-destroying lips.
How’s my heart supposed to survive?
I drop the spoon.
My chest is so heavy.
Eyes, suddenly wet.
Everyone freezes.
Atlas nudges them aside, lifting me off the counter and into his rock solid arms. I press my face into his neck and clench my jaw.
I will not cry.
I do not cry.
“Sweet girl.” He rubs my back with that big palm. “We’re here. We’re not leaving.”
His reassurance sinks into my bones.
I let out a gulping breath, muffled in his warm skin. Not a sob.
Shit.
I’m such a mess, but it feels so good.
So, so impossibly good.
I can’t resist anymore.
Don’t want to. “But…”
“We’ll take care of you during your heat,” Atlas promises, hand drifting to my neck so his thumb can softly stroke my collarbone. “Wanna bite you. Make you ours. But we don’t have to. It’s only what you want.”
The others crowd, adding their touches and scents, and all the tension melts.
