The heat surged again at midnight, wilder than before.
I woke gasping, heart pounding against my ribs. Sweat soaked the furs beneath me. Slick poured between my thighs in thick, continuous streams, soaking everything it touched. My hole clenched desperately, aching for pressure, for fullness, for the overwhelming stretch only they could give. The collar at my throat felt like fire against my fevered skin. Leather hot from my body. Silver ring burning against my racing pulse. The alphas had returned from the ridge parley with Kael only hours earlier. Their cloaks were torn. Their blades stained with blood. But they were alive. They were here. They were mine.
Thorne knelt beside me first. His green eyes blazed with a mixture of fury and raw hunger.
"Kael backed down. For now. He saw the c
