تسجيل الدخولLEVI'S POVThe door had barely shut behind us before Theo started speaking; the urgency in his voice immediately put me on edge.“It’s a plague outbreak.”I stopped so abruptly that Theo nearly walked into me.“What the fuck did you just say?”“A plague outbreak. And it’s the first outbreak of its kind in centuries. It started in Gravel End and Black Pike, but it’s spreading fast. They’ve already reported ten casualties already.”“Fuck.”The word left me under my breath, as we started moving again, both of us striding quickly through the corridor now.A plague?By the time we entered my room, irritation and dread were already pounding through my skull. I put my clothes on quickly while Theo continued briefing me from behind.“The council is already gathered for an emergency meeting.”I shoved my arms into a shirt harder than necessary, my mind already racing ahead. Gravel End and Black Pike were poor neighborhoods, already crowded enough on normal days. If something were spreading the
BROOKSLevi finally pulled away from my neck with visible effort, like everything inside him was fighting against it, and the moment the pressure of his mouth disappeared from my skin, I felt the loss of it immediately.His breathing was rough against my throat as he lifted his head to look at me, his hand still gripping my leg on his shoulder tightly while the other remained braced beside my head against the wall.Then slowly, he pulled out of me and brought my legs down, and I had to stifle the moan that almost left me.“What do you mean by that’s never going to happen?” he asked, his voice low and strained.“I’m not going to let you mark me, Levi,” I said quietly.His brows pulled together instantly.“Why?”“Because there won’t be any way out of this relationship after that.”The atmosphere around us shifted immediately.Levi went completely still, and the look in his eyes darkened slowly as my words settled between us.“You’re still thinking about a way out?” he asked quietly, but
BROOK'S POVBefore I could fully catch my breath, he spun us and moved."Levi," I gasped, the word catching in my throat as he shoved me forward.I hit the windowsill with a dull thud, the wood biting into my lower abdomen. He bent me over it, forcing my chest down until my breath fogged the glass.My hands scrambled to find the edges of the frame, fingers clenching until my knuckles turned white.His hand came down on my ass with a sharp crack, the sound echoing through the room and sending a jolt of electricity straight to my clit. I cried out, my hips bucking instinctively, but his other hand held me pinned to the sill."This pussy is mine," he growled, his voice a low rumble that vibrated through my chest."God, yes," I moaned, pressing my forehead against the cool glass.Levi slammed back into me in one long, savage stroke that buried him to the hilt, and the force of it knocked the air from my lungs.“Fuck!”He set a punishing rhythm immediately, his hips snapping forward with a
BROOK'S POVI couldn’t bear to look at Levi properly. All I could think about was the expression on his face earlier after Flint’s words. That brief crack in his composure had unsettled me more than I wanted to admit, and now, standing this close to him again, the guilt sitting in my chest only felt heavier.“We have nothing to talk about.”I tried to walk past him into the room, but his hand closed around my wrist immediately.The warmth of his touch alone sent awareness skittering violently through my body, and before I could react properly, he was already pulling me down the hallway and toward my room.“Levi—”The door shut behind us once we were inside, and I spun toward him instantly.“What is wrong with you?”He ignored the question completely and just stared at me. His jaw looked too tight, his shoulders rigid beneath his shirt, like he was barely holding himself together.“You really went to him that day?”I blinked. “What?”“The day I was unconscious, and you left.” His voice
BROOK'S POVThe first thing I noticed was how utterly crushed Levi looked, and I hated it.The way all the fight seemed to leave him for one brief second after Flint’s words landed, and that was enough to make guilt stab sharply through me.“If I tell Brooks to follow me right now, she will.”Levi didn’t say anything. And that silence only fueled Flint further.“She would never pick the man that left her to die,” he continued, his voice rising with every word.“The man who threw her to the wolves and paraded his engagement to another woman in front of her like she meant nothing.”“Flint,” I said quickly, finally finding my voice. “Stop.”But he barely even looked at me.His chest was rising too hard now, his entire body wound so tightly that it looked like one more word from Levi or even me would make him completely lose control.“Flint,” I repeated more firmly before stepping between them. “Enough.”For one terrifying second, I thought he would ignore me, too. Then his eyes shifted t
LEVI'S POVI was trying very hard not to let it get to me. Trying to pretend that Rowan being in a sour mood all because of Flint all morning had not gotten under my skin. Despite Brooks's trying, nothing worked for long. He remained moody and restless.I wanted to be rational, like Theo had said to me, and understand that Rowan’s formative years were with Flint. The man had raised him while I knew nothing about my son’s existence. Of course, Rowan would seek him out. Of course, he would feel safer and more familiar with him.But it still hurt like hell.And somehow, watching Rowan suddenly light up with excitement the second he saw Flint hurt even worse.The boy practically flew across the room toward him with so much energy that it momentarily stunned me after the way he had behaved all morning.“Daddy!”The happiness in his voice echoed loudly through the room.Flint’s face softened immediately as he bent slightly toward him, arms already opening instinctively to catch him.Then Ro







