Sweetheart: Part One (A Reverse Harem Omegaverse Bully Duet Book 1) by Marie Mackay

Author:Marie Mackay [Mackay, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marie Mackay
Published: 2023-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

LOVE

It was an unexpected agony, knowing she was there through the night, kneeling and uncomfortable.

Her aroma of cherry blossom lingered in the space, imposing even as a fainter beta scent.

The silence itself was an assault on my senses, every instinct a crescendo of rage within the nothingness, demanding I fix it. Demanding I take back every lie I’d told her, to hold her close and purr for her until she believed me.

And I couldn’t.

It was wrong, but I just had to make it one night. She’d never come back, I was sure of it.

I don’t know when I fell into restless dreams, but, as promised, when I woke she was still there. It was early—far earlier than I would usually wake—but I wouldn’t be getting back to sleep. Afraid that she would follow through with her threat, I’d turned the temperature of the room up enough that she wouldn’t get too cold. Still, when I examined her from where I still lay, she was shivering.

I sat up, placing my feet on the cool marble floor, knowing the room hadn’t been warm enough to offset that.

Fuck.

Fighting the urge to sink down beside her and make sure she was alright, I cleared my throat. “Come here.”

I didn’t want to look at her, couldn’t bear the idea of meeting her eyes with the guilt heavy in my chest. But she was shaking, and I wouldn’t have a Sweetheart getting sick in my house. I wouldn’t have her getting sick for me.

Vex got to her feet, each movement stiff and mechanical. Her frame was small, and she looked more fragile than ever as she stepped up before me, only having to lower her gaze a little to meet mine, even when I was sitting.

She didn’t look angry or hurt. Instead, her beautiful eyes were blank, as if she’d long buried her feelings. How could she still be breathtaking, like this?

Waves of silver-brown tumbled to her waist, framing freckled cheeks, much too pale. It was a war not to reach out and draw her into my arms, to cuddle her beneath my blankets until the tremor in her fingers was gone entirely.

“You won’t do this again,” I said.

She didn’t argue, but neither did she nod.

Tell me you won’t do this again. I wanted to beg it of her, but it wouldn’t do either of us any good. She had to believe I was asking her to leave because I didn’t care, not because I did.

“You won’t offer anything to my pack until you’ve warmed up and got some rest. I have no intention of hosting a sick Sweetheart.”

I hoped she’d listen to that. She’d claimed her right as a Sweetheart to push me like this, but she’d also acknowledged my authority of my pack, even if she wasn’t a part of it.

Her nod was just the slightest shift of her chin, but the tension in my chest eased a bit. If she listened to that, maybe she’d accept a hot tea before she slept?

I shoved the thought away.

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