The Hive (Omega Bloodlines Book 1) by SC Morrison

Author:SC Morrison [Morrison, SC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-08-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Valyx

The knowing look in Ax’s eyes as we made our way back to the cabin told me he noticed my reaction to Saphyra’s change of attitude. He knew me well enough to know when I had prey in my sights. After the way he’d kissed her the other day, I did wonder why he was smiling. Maybe he didn’t like her as much as it seemed. Maybe she was just another of his fuck-toys in a long line of beautiful, willing partners. Or, maybe he suspected what I knew since the first time her sun-soaked honey scent reached my nose. My fucking mate.

The Stars could go fuck themselves, though. I didn’t care who they decided I should be with. I didn’t listen to divine superstitious bullshit. The Stars cared as much about me and who I fucked as I did about them, which was not at all. I wasn’t doing this for them.

I wanted a fighter, someone who knew how to stand for what they believed in and would fight anyone and anything that stood in their way. Like Lex. Fuck, I missed that stupid, smug bastard.

I needed to talk to Saphyra alone. So, I directed Ax toward the bathroom with a shove. He understood my meaning and gave me a cocky grin and winked at Saphyra before disappearing into the other room.

While Ax’s winking had distracted her, I approached, but when I got close, I was hit with a wave of pheromones that were not hers. I would know that scent anywhere. A growl threatened to break loose, but I swallowed it back. What had that stupid girl done?

In my fury, I advanced, and she retreated, backing away to escape my anger. Her nervous eyes locked on to me as she fell into the nest in her haste. “Valyx, what’s wrong?”

“I can smell him on you.” I growled. My knee landed inside the blankets beside her hip and I edged forward, forcing her to lie back.

The soft skin at her throat throbbed with her racing pulse, tempting me to bite into that vulnerable flesh and claim her as my own.

“I don’t know what you mean.” Her words wavered with the lies they spilled and she shifted nervously, as if unsure whether to stop my advance or encourage me.

She probably thought we wouldn’t notice what she had done, but I noticed. I always noticed her.

Her hands were in my grip and secured above her head before she knew what I was doing. My rough fingers engulfed both of her slender wrists, easily pinning her as she squirmed. “Don’t lie to me, little omega. You jeopardized this mission. I can smell the slick coating your thighs and his scent on your lips. What if you’d been seen? You could have ruined everything we’ve been working for.”

The perfume called to me, scattering rational thought, and the closer I got, the more addicted I became. I leaned in, drawing in deep lungfuls of their combined pheromones. The forest in summer and warm honey.

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