Chapter 80

JESSICA

“Jess no!”

My wolf jumped inside me but I pushed her deeper, rejecting that it was Riot all along. She wanted him. She wanted him to mark her right there but before she could do that, I quickly turned around and left for the woods.

I whimpered because of the immense heat that was circulating in my veins but I kept going. There’s no fucking way this is happening.

I slid down the tree, trembling. Slick heat pooled between my legs,

I choke on a gasp. “I—please, no, I can’t-”

My hands dig into the dirt, clawing at anything to ground me as another wave hits. It’s not supposed to be like this -not with him. My wolf howls, scratching beneath my skin, demanding I return to him.

“Shut up,” I whisper, tears streaming down my face. “Shut up, shut up!”

But the heat doesn’t listen. It crawls up my spine, making me arch against the rough bark. My shirt sticks to my sweat–slicked skin, and I hate how my nipples harden against the fabric.

1 hear footsteps approaching and panic surges through me.

“Jess!”

“Jessica!”

It’s Grayson.

I press my thighs together, mortified by how wet I am, how my body betrays me while my mind screams to run. When I look up, Grayson is there staring down at me.

“Please leave,” I beg, not wanting to recognize the hurt on his face,

Grayson kneels before me, and I can’t stop the whimper that escapes. His scent is all wrong and fuck me for being

sick with his touch.

“It’s him, isn’t it?” Grayson whispers, voice rough with emotion. “Your wolf chose Riot.”

I shake my head frantically, even as another wave of heat crashes through me, “No–I don’t want this. I don’t want

him.”

for me, then stops himself. “Let me help you fight

shuddering as Riot’s pull grows stronger. “Nobody

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let him

nails into my palms until they

tears in his

cry out, arching my back. Grayson

electricity through my skin.

body leans into him. “You’re

you need,” he whispers, holding me like

it stop,” I beg, hating how my

demanding I break free from Grayson’s arms. She wants Riot. Only

throat as Riot’s presence pulses inside

hurts,” I whimper, tears streaming down my face. “Grayson,

jaw tightens. “I’m taking

recognizing my own voice as he lifts me

him,” Grayson snarls, carrying me through the darkness while I writhe against him, my body betraying me with

what I’m begging for anymore. Relief? Riot?

dark, Grayson kicks open a door and sets me

humiliation burning almost as hot as the fever. My wolf was howling, desperate and needy in a way that made me want to crawl out of my own

I wasn’t about to have Riot

escaped from my throat and it’s not just

can see the war raging behind his eyes—the human part of him fighting

heat.

knuckles white as he grips the frame. I can see

growls, taking

with something dark. “You

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with guilt, but my body throbs with need at just saying

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