CHAPTER FIFTY–TWO

LIANA’S POV

I didn’t know how long I’d been curled up on the bed, but bI /bwas still shaking. The chest hadn’t gone anywhere.

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Killian sat beside me, brushing his fingers lightly over my arm. He didn’t say much.

“Have you eaten todayb?/bb” /b

I shook my head slowlyb, /bstill staring at the sheets.

“Are byou /bhungry nowb?/bb” /bhe asked, softer this time.

had stopped, but the feeling in bmy /b

I nodded, still curled up. bMy /bvoice was stuck somewhere in my throat, but I was hungry. bJust /bnot for food.

He let out a breath, gentle and warm. “Okay,” he said, standing up slowly. “I’ll go grab something from the café downstairs. It bwon’t /btake long. Just rest.”

As he turned, I suddenly reached out and grabbed his hand. b“/bbNot /bthat kind of food,” I said.

He paused, confused. “What do you mean?”

Before he could finish that thought, bI /bpulled him back down and mmed my lips onto his. a desperate hungry kiss.

Killian stiffened for a second, surprised. But his hand came up bto cup /bmy face, and for a moment, he kissed me back.

Then he pulled away gently.

“Lianab,/bb” /bhe breathed. “bBaby/bb, /bbyou /bneed bto /beat. Real food. Not… this.”

I looked at him, bmy /bchest rising and falling. “But bI /bwant this. I want you.”

bHis /bbeyes /bsoftened, but he shook his head. b“/bLet me bjust /bbget /bbyou /bsomething. bGive /bme a few minutes. I swearb, /bI’ll give byou /bbwhatever /bbyou /bwant after that.”

bAs /bhe stood up and started buttoning his shirt again, bI /breached out and grabbed his hand. “bDon’t /bgo.

“bLiana-/b”

bI /bpulled him back again and kissed him harder this time. bI /bpinned his bhands /bto the bed, leaning bover /bhim, bmy /bfingers tugging his bshirt /bbopen again/b, bbutton /bby button.

Killian bblinked /bbup /bat bme/bb, /bbcaught /boff guard. “What are byou /bdoingb?/bb” /b

b“/bbDon’t /bbgo/b. bJust/b… bJust /bbfuck /bbme/bb,/bb” /bI bsaid/b. “Pleaseb, /bI want bto /bforget everything.”

He swallowed bhard/b. “And I really do want to give byou /bthat. I do. But byou’ve /bbarely beaten/b. bYour /bbody bneeds /bbmore /bbthan /bthis

bright /bbnow/b.”

bI /bbdidn’t /bwant bto /blisten. I kissed him bagain/b, bslower /bthis timeb, /bdragging my blips /bbover /bhis.

bHe /bbgroaned /bbinto /bbthe /bkiss bbut /bbpulled back /bone bmore /btimeb, /bbrushing bmy /bhair out of bmy /bface.

b“/bGive me bfive /bbminutes/b,” he said. b“/bbFive/bb. /bI’ll be back with food. Then I’m all byours/b.b” /b

bI /bsighedb, /bbgiving /bin. “bFine/bb. /bFive minutes.b” /b

He smiled, kissed bmy /bforeheadb, /bgrabbed his cardb, /bband /bbleft /bbthe /bbroom/b.

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I stared at the door for a while. My stomach twisted. I didn’t want to be alone. Not nowb, /bwhen I was still hurting.

Five minutes passed.

Then ten.

He still wasn’t back.

Something inside me started itching. Restless. I got up, adjusted my cloth and slipped into the hallway. I took the elevator

down to the lobby, hoping to see him near the café.

But he wasn’t alone.

I saw him standing near the bar.

He was smiling. Laughing at something a woman said. She was beautiful. Tall. Blonde. Dressed like someone who didn’t

need to try hard to get attention. She had her hand on his chest.

He didn’t push her away.

I stopped walking. My heart dropped. My hands went cold.

She leaned in, said something in his ear. He chuckled.

And just like that, possession seeped inside my soul.

I didn’t even think. I started walking, fast.

I reached them in seconds and without hesitation, I slid my hand around Killian’s arm and pulled him close, holding onto

him possessively.

The woman blinked, stepping back slightly. “Uh… Killian? Who’s she?b” /b

He turned, his mouth opening to say something but I beat him to it.

“He’s mine.b” /b

KILLION’S POV

She kissed me.

Right in front of the woman.

bMy /bbbrain /bbarely had time bto /bprocess what was happening before Liana grabbed my face and mmed her lips against mine, full of heat and bfury/b, her fingers tangling in my hair like she was trying to tell the entire goddamn hotel that I belonged to

her.

“bBaby/bb,/b” she whispered breathlessly, licking her bottom lip as she pulled away just enough to smirk at the woman watching us with wide, blinking eyes, “let’s go finish what we started inside.”

I was stunned

bAnd /bamused

She looked like aplete menaceb. /bHer eyes wild. Her smirk wicked. Her fingertips tracing circles on bmy /bchestb, /btrailing lower and lowerb, /ball while giving the other woman the deadliest death re I’d ever seen. and then she bit her lip and tilted her head just slightly, doing that seductive little thing that made my body react before my brain could catch up.

The moment we stepped into the room, she didn’t wait. She mmed the door behind us and shoved me onto the bed like she’d had enough of pretending

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She climbed on top of me, her eyes zing.

b“/bYou left me waiting on the bed,” she said, stepping forward, her fingers already toying with the buttons of my shirt. “While

you were out here,ughing with another girl like I wasn’t inside… needing you.”

She bit her lip, eyes darkening as she shoved me back onto the bed.

b“/bYou’re too handsome,i” /ishe muttered, crawling up over me, straddling myp. “I need to im you before someone else tries

to.b” /b

bI /bwanted to say something, anything, but her hands were already on my chest, pushing my shirt off my shoulders.

Her eyes had darkened into something almost unnatural, the shade deeper, more dangerous. and her teeth…

Her canines were longer.

And the aura that came out of her…

Fuck.

My heart thudded hard in my chest as I stared up at her, barely breathing. Because what I felting off her… was strange. It wasn’t just a she–wolf heat response.

No.

It was a powerful aura. One that only alphas of a pack possesses.

“No…” I whispered to myself, shaking my head.

Nob, /bit can’t be. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m just feeling the bond. Maybe it’s just–but it wasn’t.

The energy pouring out of her? It was undeniable.

And then she kissed me again. Desperately.

“Liana—b” /bI tried, my voice hoarseb, /bbut she pinned my hands above my head.

Her eyes bore into mine.

“Mate,” she whispered

I bfroze/bb. /b

Everything inside me froze.

I had waited years to hear that worde from her mouth. Had given up on it, honestly epted the idea that I’d never be markedb. /bbThat /bI’d bnever /bbe imed. That I’d never know the feeling my kind lived for because I had thought my mate was just

ba /bbhuman/b.

But before I could beven /bprepare bmyself /bfor bit/bb, /bshe sank her teeth into my corbone.

bMy /bwhole bbody /bbjerked /b

bPain /b

And then euphoria.

The bite burned like fire and lightning and heaven and brage /ball at once.

I gasped. My cock was already rock hardb, /bthrobbing bbeneath /bher.

She pulled back, her lips red, her teeth wet, her beyes /bdarker than night itself.

Fuck meb, /bbmate- /b

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Goddess.

I didn’t let her finish.

My lips mmed against hers, rough and hungry. I rolled her over, then back again, wanting to see her.

The shirt was gone. Her body was so warm, her skin pressed against mine, and I couldn’t stop myself. My lips moved to her bite mark, then down her neck, to her breasts, kissing, sucking, groaning as if I’d waited lifetimes for this.

She whimpered, grabbing my hair, pressing herself against me.

“Killian,” she gasped. “Harder.”

Her moans were everything.

I growled, hands on her hips, guiding her down slowly onto me. Her body took me in so perfectly, so damn tight, slick, hot.

She cried out, her back arching.

“Fuckb–/byes, yes…” she whimpered, voice cracking.

I held her to me, one arm curled around her waist, the other hand tangled in her hair.

She moved against me in a rhythm that made me forget how to think. I rolled us over, pulling her close, spooning her from

behind as I pushed back inside, slow and deep.

Her hands gripped the sheets.

“Oh my God, Killian, more–don’t stop, please don’t stop.”

“I’m not,” I growled into her neck. “I’m never stopping.”

I thrust harder.

She cried out loudb. /b

“Fucking hell, Killian!”

b“/bbYou /bmarked me,b” /bI whispered into her earb, /bstill thrusting. b“/bYou fucking marked me, baby.b” /b

Her bbody /btensed around me and I lost it. I fucked her deeper, harder, my cock sliding in and out of her soaked heat, her moans turning into screamsb, /binto sobs, into something feral.

b“/bbYes/bb–/byesb–/bbyes/b! Killian, bI /bcan’tb–/bI’m bgonna/b–ahhhh!”

I bdidn’t /bslow.

She was clenchingb, /btrembling.

I kissed her shoulder, her spine, her neck. I reached down to rub her clit, and her whole body spasmed.

bI’m /bcummingb–/bI’m fucking cumming–Killian–ahhhhhh–fuck–fuck–yes-b” /b

“Cum for meb, /bLiana,” I grunted, rutting into bher/b. “Let them fucking hear you.”

And she did

She screamed my name so loud, I thought the walls shook.

And then I came Hard My release mming through me as I emptied everything I had inside her, marking her in every wayb. /b

We copsed together, bodies tangled, still panting.

I kissed her back. Her neck. Her cheek

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“I love you,” I whispered.

She didn’t answer.

But the way she curled into me, trembling, still breathless… it was enough.