Chapter 123

Weeks had passed since Alaric and I had decided to give this mate thing a try, and somehow—he kept surprising me day by day.

Even now, as he made me tremble beneath him in his dorm room. The stuttering prince who had rocked my world in more ways than one.

“Alaric…” a moan escaped my lips as I threw my head back. My arms wrapped tightly around him as he moved against me, occasionally letting out a grunt.

He moved his lips to my jawline, brushing against the spot he had been paying the most attention to. “Let me mark you, Addy,” he murmured, almost pleading.

“No,” I breathed.

This wasn’t the first time he had asked, and I knew it wouldn’t be the last. He had a clear mission, and each time he whispered those words, it became harder to say no. He felt so good filling me up, and his touch had become an addiction to the point I feared one day I would lose control and say yes.

But I couldn’t…

I couldn’t allow myself to be too connected to h