The Alpha’s Double Game
“It’s… it’s alive, more than normal. There’s life, yes, but it’s layered… energy, Alpha, Omega… something else I can’t name yet.”
My stomach clenched, heart racing. The life inside me responded instantly, coiling tight with instinct and curiosity, and I felt Derek stiffen, jaw tight. He pressed his mouth to my shoulder briefly, teeth grazing lightly, as if claiming both me and the life that stirred within. “It’s ours,” he murmured, low and possessive. “Nothing touches it without going through me first.”