CHAPTER 296: WHAT YOU NEED IS US

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Chapter 296

~Valerie’s POV~

My mind flickered to dreams I’d had in the past of Axel’s mouth on me, Dristan whispering filthy things as he made me beg, Kai, all hard and commanding, pinning me down while Xade traced my lips with his fingers before sliding them lower...

God.

I clenched my jaw, refusing to whimper, to give in.

But Dristan, he didn’t need to touch to dominate. He just watched, head slightly tilted, reading me like an open book.

"You remember those dreams, don’t you?" he whispered coolly and cutting through the fog of lust. "The ones where you moaned our names. Where you begged us to take you. Where you fell apart on our cocks again and again."

My breath hitched.

Xade chuckled, clearly catching my reaction. "Oh, she does. She remembers everything."

Kai’s hands skimmed lower, his fingers toying with the waistband of my skirt, never quite dipping under, but close. So close.

"Still pretending, little wolf?" Xade asked.

I clenched my teeth. "I’m not..."

"Say it," Axel cut in, his fingers now ghosting over my centre again. "Say you want it. Say you want us."

I shook my head even as my hips twitched forward, seeking more pressure. "Fuck. You."

"Soon enough, sweetheart," Axel whispered, pressing a slow kiss against the back of my neck that made my legs almost give out.

Dristan still hadn’t released my chin. His hand was steady, thumb stroking just beneath my lower lip, watching every flicker of my expression like he owned me already.

And maybe... maybe a part of me wanted to be owned.

"Say it," he said again, softly now. "Say you need us."

I opened my mouth. My voice was caught in my throat.

Gods, I wanted to. I wanted to surrender. But I was Valerie fucking Snow.

So instead, I leaned forward, lips brushing against Dristan’s in a barely-there tease of a kiss. My eyes locked on his, unblinking.

"I said..." My voice was low, hoarse with need and want. "You first."

And then I wrenched myself free.

I ducked under Xade’s arm, twisting out of Kai’s grip, ignoring Axel’s chuckle and Dristan’s knowing smirk.

My skin was on fire, my thighs aching, my wolf pacing and growling and desperate inside me.

But I wouldn’t fall. Not yet. I didn’t look back as I fled.

I couldn’t.

If I did... I knew I wouldn’t be able to stop myself.

And I wasn’t ready to give in to them... to my desires yet.

I barely made it halfway to the door before my vision blurred. My chest heaved. My body burned.

Not just burned—ached.

Astra was pushing forward inside me, wanting to take over, just to give in to our mates. I hadn’t done it before, and I wasn’t about to do so with all four at once.

Her growl rippled beneath my skin, my bones twitching as though on the verge of shifting.

Thick and unbearable heat slicked down my thighs. My hands trembled.

No, no, no—not here.

"Stop," I whispered, mostly to myself.

But the footsteps behind me quickened. No one had to tell me who it was.

"Valerie."

Dristan’s voice cracked like thunder.

Alpha voice. Pure command.

I froze.

My legs locked. My wolf whimpered in pleasure.

Then—he was in front of me, eyes blazing obsidian, nostrils flaring as though he could smell my surrender.

"You’re running," he said flatly, low and dangerous. "Again."

I bared my teeth. "Back the hell off—"

His hand shot out, wrapping around my throat—not tight, just enough to make my pulse stutter. Just enough to say Mine.

I gasped, my body betraying me, hips pressing forward instinctively.

"You should know by now, we don’t let our mate run from us. We’ve given you enough free time; now we want what’s ours. You... you don’t get to run. Not anymore."

The next second, the others were there.

Kai stepped in behind me, hard heat pressing flush against my back. His breath scraped my neck as he growled, "You smell like fucking heaven."

Xade blocked my right, his hand curling around my wrist. "Your heat’s breaking through. You feel that, little wolf?"

Axel’s voice came from my left, sharp and needy. "You’ve been starving us for days. Weeks. No more."

My throat tightened. I tried to twist away, to shove Dristan off—but my limbs were trembling, my blood roaring. My wolf was fully awake now, writhing under my skin.

Astra didn’t stop her. Didn’t stop me.

She was giving them access to every inch of heat boiling through me.

I slapped a hand against Dristan’s chest. "This isn’t— You can’t—"

He stepped closer, pressing me into Kai’s body behind me.

"I can. And I will."

Then his lips crushed mine—fierce, claiming, unrelenting.

My knees buckled. My moan caught in his mouth as his tongue slid deep, demanding everything.

Kai’s hands gripped my waist from behind, dragging me back against his cock. "Fuck, she’s shaking," he growled.

Axel’s hand snaked around to my stomach, lower, lower—fingers grazing just beneath my skirt.

"She’s dripping," he whispered. "Our girl’s soaked."

Xade’s mouth brushed my ear. "You want this. You always have."

I whimpered.

Gods, I couldn’t think.

Hands were on me—everywhere. Dristan kissed like he was starving. Kai’s cock was grinding into my ass. Axel was teasing, his fingers finally finding my soaked panties and pressing just right. Xade’s voice melted into my bones, a quiet thrum of sin and pleasure.

I tried to speak, to resist—but all that came out was a choked sob of need.

Dristan pulled back, just enough to speak against my lips. "Let go, Valerie. Let. Go."

"No..." I whispered. But my hips rolled into Axel’s fingers as they pushed deeper, and Kai groaned behind me.

"Her scent’s everywhere," Kai rasped. "She’s gone."

Xade pulled my head toward him, lips crashing against mine. Then Axel kissed my throat, then Kai. Then Dristan claimed my mouth again.

Four mouths. Four touches. Four dominant, hungry mates.

I wasn’t just losing control—I wanted to lose it, wanted them to take it from me.

My nails clawed into Dristan’s back. "Do it," I gasped. "Just..." Instead of speaking, I bit my lower lip to stop myself from losing it.

"Admit that you are just running from what your heart desires. Say you want us and we’ll give you all of us," Axel whispered against my pulse. "Right here and now."

I moaned even as my hips jerked. "I want—"

"You need," Xade corrected, his hand now gripping my jaw, forcing me to look into his wicked eyes. "And you’re done pretending otherwise."

Dristan’s mouth brushed my temple. "Let us break you, love."