Owned by the Alphas 3: Marked by the Alphas

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ed at the lightness it left me with-and the darkness. The weight of it was gone

It was as if every space had a shadow. I shivered as the cold bit into my ski

the water," he said

and black. I hesitated, fear trickling throu

the forest behind me, dark and terrifying. The forest

rtal was like a film in th

e able to get th

c; it is still loyally bound to you. At least that's how it usu

raspy against the cold. The silence was even more int

ith, yeah?" He inched forward, his toes brushing the water. He

thought something

ater's going to give me frostbite on m

ou're not used to fee

ok his

eased, and he smirked at me, shaking his head before wading in, trying to prove

frowned over at the cliffs, peering th

me toward it; they know where to

then. I waded in, gasping a

r to me, and he was right, my shadows were calm, soothing

c," I said, shivering. Brax nodded and started to swim in the direction of

the water. The splashes made me cough, my neck stretched

lifting me onto his b

," he said laughingly and started moving his hands throu

can traumatiz

it. In bed." He grinned, peering over

e flailing wom

can get you making that '

e and Derik, I bet we can get your arms and legs going like that." He la

but my alphas had a way of distracting me, helping me take a bre

as we came to the cliff. I sometimes forgot

rom the fact that his entire ancestry was the water area p

, which meant swimming was prob

ing against me as he pulled me ar

his cave entrance, and I think it's under the

ly been underwat

n a really big bath, sinking below the surface to collect

could do this. I nodded at him,

come up for air before going through, then do that; I'll follow

really good at hold

pulling my l

ay between your legs f

and shoo

let's do this." I sucked in as much oxygen as I could, holding it

I didn't need to. My shadows fueled my body, moving me towa

ey're made of or what will happen if dis

black rocks that look like they want to skewer me like a

a for the bed later," he teased, and

h of their sexual comments, trying to see through the dark wate

hadows were helping though, avoiding them for me. Without them, I was p

faster. I didn't know how long I had left before I needed to breathe, but it didn't feel l

his head snapped to the water behind him. He frowned and tugged me to

nside, the burning ache in my

ows would've let us surface. Hold

ing," I

ou'll use more a

m, and we came face to face with a wall of cliff. He put his palm on it, pres