Page 84 of The Packaged Deal
“I’m going away. I have to.”
Adrian’s face gets harder. Colder. “Don’t make me be this person, not with you. I’m not letting you do this. Not to me. Not to Kandi, and not to that omega. Your time just ran out, Sven.”
I shake my head. “I don’t know what you mean.”
Adrian searches my face. “Stay with me, Sven. Stay with Kandi. We need you.”
I bark a laugh. How ridiculous. “You don’t need me to stay. You need me to go far, far away.”
Adrian looks up at the ceiling. “The bond only works one way right now. I can feel you, you can feel me, too, except you can shut it off. Ignore it. Pretend it’s not there. And I will ache for you, yearn for you. Need my alpha because there is a bond started but not fulfilled.”
I nod my head sadly. “That’s the way it’s got to be.”
Addy sags. He looks utterly defeated. “Can I just hug you before you leave? I promise, I won’t try to make you stay.”
I weigh his words but, at last, nod. He steps into me, hugging me tight, leaning down so his breath wafts against my neck.
“I love you, Addy,” I say it easily. Our last goodbye.
“Yeah,” He says contemplatively. “Then you should have remembered who I am,” Adrian snaps.
His words confuse me, and it takes me a moment too long to realise what he’s talking about. But then I’m silent, shouting in pain as his teeth burrow deep into my skin. A feeling of completeness hits me, heavy and warm. It feels like him, and now there is a connection, golden, stronger than anything I’ve ever felt, bridging us.
He pulls back and laps at my neck. I can’t move in his arms. He wouldn’t let me, even if I wanted to. I should never have taught him how to fight me. I don’t know how much time passes. My mind is reeling. I’m struggling to grasp the events of the last hour, but Addy is still holding me, and I don’t feel like I’m going to fall apart. But when he reluctantly pulls away from me and steps back, it all falls on me, drowning me.
His last words come back to me. My eyes lift to meet his. The Lone Alpha. The doctor with a reputation for being heartless. For being cold and ruthless. He’s killed before. We’ve never discussed it, but I know he has. I recognise it in his eyes.
My Adrian. My ruthless son of a bitch bastard mate.
“You little shit,” I hiss at him.
He shrugs his shoulders. “Leave me now, Alpha. I fucking dare you. I’ll drag your ass kicking and screaming back here.”
With that, he turns and walks out of the room. I stand there, fists clenched, staring at the closed door while my temper soars. Lord knows I want to follow him. I fight it hard, but Addy is not someone I can let walk away from me.
I stalk him through the house and find him in the kitchen, the omega standing between us both. She looks up at me and smiles. So small, so innocent. Someone a person like me would completely break.
An omega that someone like me would destroy.
“What are you doing up?” I growl at her.
Her smile falters, and she holds up ice-cream. “Kandi and I wanted some.”
Adrian leans back against the counter with his arms folder, waiting. He raises an eyebrow in direct challenge. It drives my inner self up the fucking wall.
But she moves, and I focus back on her, on the way her hips tilt to the sides. She paces towards me and places a hand on my arm. I want her. I want those clothes gone. If I had my way, I’d bury my face in her pussy until all I can smell and taste is her. Why are these three my weaknesses? Every one of them pulls at me.
“Sven, you’re bleeding.”
I lift my eyes and glare at Addy. “Yeah, I am.”
“I’m still waiting for the answer to my question,” Addy snaps in warning.
Jade moves closer still. I sweep her into my arms, glaring at Addy. Daring him to stop me.
I lose thought of what I’m doing, almost as soon as her chest hits mine. She feels so good in my arms, tiny and perfect. Her scent is strong and sweet, with just a hint of bitter. I lift her up, and she melts against me.
Yes.