Chapter 249

Nyx paces again, her claws clicking against the walls of my mind.

"You need to calm down," she says. "Breathe."

I try. I really do. But all I can think about is Alec's mouth, his eyes, and his damn

sexy body.

Damn him.

I push to my feet and start walking. I don't know where I'm going, but I need to

move.

"We need to get laid," she mutters, her voice sulky and sharp.

I choke on a laugh. "Yeah, that's not going to happen."

"Why not?" Nyx demands. "It's been months. Months, Sadie."

I reach the riverbank, the water sparkling beneath the mid-morning sun. Without thinking, I slip off my shoes and socks, sit down, and dip my feet into the cool water.

"You know why," I murmur. "Have you forgotten that we can't sleep with anyone else? It won't feel the same."

are designed in a way that will reject any man who isn't our

fair.

don't say that.

close my eyes and raise my head before breathing in the clean air. I don't know why, but I

my mind stops wandering and I just focus on the moment of peace. I haven't felt this kind of peace in a very long time. Maybe I should be coming here more often if I get to feel

the silence. "Would it really

before staring down at the

with Alec," Nyx says, her voice softer now, more tentative. "Just

entire body locks up. "Are you

hell is she thinking and what has gotten into her? Why would she even

Nyx says, and she sounds dead serious. "You don't understand

throat tight as my once silent mind begins wondering again. "You're acting like you

quiet again. Then, "I

known for a long time that Nyx is older, but when she

blankly at the water. "You've...

she whispers. "It's... consuming. It's like every nerve in your body is on fire, every thought is tangled with the need for your mate. You can't think, can't

stories, but what Nyx describes is more

asking," Nyx continues. "Would it really

wind cool my flushed face. I know she's right. I know that the full moon will make things worse, that my need for

can't," I whisper, voice breaking. "I can't just sleep with Alec like

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