AURORA POV *s****l esplicit content ahead* *I feel like I’m drowning - two feet* “Claim what’s yours now, Alpha,” I whispered, half breath, half moan. The sound that tore from his chest wasn’t human. It was a guttural snarl, raw and desperate, a sound born from centuries of hunger and rage. His hands shot to my waist, enormous, searing, gripping me like I was the last tether keeping him sane. Goddess, the way he looked at me—it wasn’t just lust. It was devotion twisted into obsession, salvation wrapped in worship. Then his mouth crashed onto mine. Not a kiss, but a conquest. His lips devoured, his tongue demanded, his teeth claimed. I gasped, whimpering into him, but I didn’t pull away—I melted. I let him take. I wanted him to take. I had kissed men before. Foolish boys. They never

