Frozen Knot: Rivals Claim
His grip on Jax’s jersey tightened, fingers digging in like he needed the anchor.
Then the pain hit.
It bloomed in Jax’s core, deep and cramping, radiating outward until his limbs burned. His knees buckled. He caught himself on the boards, breath tearing in and out of his chest. Sweat poured down his face, soaking his underlayer.
His scent glands fuck. They throbbed, swollen and hot, leaking something they had no right to be leaking.
No.
No way.
He was twenty-eight. Three months past his birthday. Betas didn’t present late everyone knew that. He’d taken every test, every blood draw since he was fourteen. Beta. Clean. Ordinary. Safe.