“Two predators. One prey. And I was too far gone to run.” The air snapped like a live wire between them. Kade’s gaze locked with Ronan’s, a silent challenge sparking there, but their attention kept flicking back to me—my flushed skin, my heaving chest, the way my thighs pressed together in desperate, instinctive need. My heat was a living thing, coiling through the clearing like smoke, wrapping around all three of us. “She’s not going to last,” Ronan said, his voice low and smooth. “Not if we keep standing here pretending we don’t both want the same thing.” Kade’s growl vibrated through the ground beneath my feet. “This doesn’t mean you own her.” Ronan’s smirk was sharp. “Doesn’t mean you do either.” I should have stopped them. Should have stepped away. Instead, I pressed my back to

