Chapter 25

Alex POV

It took every ounce of control I had to keep myself together during my own mating ceremony. How could she smell that sweet? That dangerously tempting? And what I hated most was watching him run straight to her, grabbing her hand like his most priced possession.

Now the regret is starting to eat me alive. Aina should have been mine, but I ruined everything. Who would have thought her scent could be this intoxicating—so irresistible that every male last night wanted a taste of her? And to make it worse, I didn’t even recognize her right away when I first saw her at Osborn’s side.

Miranda’s hand curled over my chest as she kissed me, hungry for my attention, but my mood had already soured. My mind wasn’t with her—it was with another. Scents like Aina’s meant fire, passion… the kind of nights that could break a man. Just thinking about her was enough to make me hard, and Miranda chuckled, thinking she was the cause.

Her fingers wrapped around my s