ALAN POV
Amber purred, "Are you ready, Alpha?" as she crawled toward me on the bed, her blue eyes gleaming with gold specks, Autumn lurking just beneath the surface.
My brain short-circuited.
Blake surged forward in my mind, taking control before I could even react. "Always ready for you, little mate," he rumbled, his deep baritone voice vibrating through my chest.
Amber froze for half a second, her brows lifting slightly. She hadn’t expected Blake to speak—not like that. Neither had I.
‘What the hell? You startled her! Ruined the mood!’ I snapped at him, struggling to take back control.
‘You were paralyzed. I had to do something before she thought we had a f*****g strike or something,’ Blake retorted, smug as always.
Damn it. He had a point.
Clearing my throat, I forced myself to
