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LUXURIA.
I had been knocking on the door but got no answer. I was nervous to death. I was angry at
him. At my mate. For putting me through such hell.
That dark, cold dungeon had nearly shattered my spirit, molding me into something else.
It broke me.
I hated him for it. For everything. For tearing me down, breaking me piece by piece until
the rebellion inside me died a natural death.
I had no will to be rebellious or disobedient anymore. I wouldn’t want to go back in there.
He’d turned me into a version of myself I barely recognized, too afraid to resist. Yet, no matter the rage burning through my veins, I couldn’t avoid him forever.
Thanks to Zendaya for her intervention. She seemed to have delivered my message to the Alpha.
I had sent her to tell him that I’d like to see him. And instead of coming to see me, he had released me instead. She must have put in a good word for me.
The knot in my stomach twisted tighter with each passing second as I waited outside his
door.
I knocked once more, a little harder this time, my hand trembling. Still nothing. Just silence.
Part of me wanted to leave, to run, and for a moment, I even took a step back, relieved that I might not have to face him tonight after all. But then… I heard it.
A sound. Low. Muffled.
Moaning.
My stomach twisted sharply, and I froze, my breath catching in my throat. I knew that sound. The unmistakable sounds of pleasure. Of sex.
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I could feel my pulse quicken, every inch of my skin tingling with dread.
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It grew louder. My heart sank. The sting of jealousy came swiftly, curling in my chest like
a poisoned dagger.
I had no right to feel jealous, not truly. Even though we are mates, there was no
relationship between us. Why should I feel this jealous?
The soft gasps, the rhythm of flesh against flesh, the sensual sounds that followed. My head swam, my heart dropping into the pit of my stomach.
I know I shouldn’t have stayed back. I should have run away. But something dark and fierce gripped me, keeping my feet glued to the floor, keeping me from leaving. A part of me–twisted and hurt–needed to see.
My hand, shaking uncontrollably now, found the door’s edge. It was slightly ajar, just enough to see through. And then I pushed it open, inch by inch until the sight hit me like
a sledgehammer.
There he was. My mate. Alpha Parthe.
And there she was. Shikta.
Bent over the table, her body curved into him as he took her, rough and relentless. His
hands clamped tight around her hips, his body moving with a feral intensity that made
my knees weak. His skin gleamed with sweat, his muscles rippling as he thrust into her,
over and over again. Her gasps filled the air, matching his guttural growls.
It felt like the world shattered around me in that moment. Everything inside me broke.
I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t even think. All I could do was stand there, frozen in place, my heart breaking in silence. A sob clawed at the back of my throat, but I bit it down, refusing to make a sound.
This… this was the man I was bound to. My mate. The one who was supposed to be mine, who I was supposed to be connected to, even if nothing between us had been solidified yet. And there he was, giving himself to her without a second thought. His focus, his passion, his body–everything that should have been mine–was hers.
I had anticipated this – that he had mistresses. But nothing prepared me for the hurt I was
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feeling now while witnessing it.
They had their backs turned against the entrance, so they only knew someone had stepped in, but they hadn’t seen who it was yet.
I shouldn’t have felt it–this blinding, suffocating jealousy. But I did. Goddess, I did.
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