Cain didn’t make any move to leave as I began to fall apart beneath the touch of my mates. He just kept standing there, watching us, the weight of his eyes on me making my skin burn and the words I wanted to use to call him over to join us weighed heavily on my tongue. But I didn’t speak them, wanting to see how far he’d let me push him, how much of this he’d stay for, how much hungrier that look in his eyes might grow before he’d snap.

