Elias snapped.
A surge of adrenaline cut through the drug's haze, and suddenly, his body was moving—reacting. His grip on the Alpha's clothes turned from desperate clinging to forceful shoving, muscles coiling tight as he twisted against the weight pressing him down.
The Alpha let him, at first.
Let him struggle. Let him push, let him fight—as if savoring every second of Elias's resistance.
But the moment Elias tried to throw him off—tried to tear free from the burning press of his touch—the Alpha moved.
Fast.
A sharp, fluid shift of power, and Elias found himself flipped—his back hitting the sheets before he could even process what happened.
The Alpha was on him in an instant, pinning Elias down with maddening ease, his grip unforgiving as he shoved Elias's wrists above his head.
"That's more like it," he murmured, golden eyes blazing. "You should've fought me from the start."
Elias snarled, his body arching, twisting—anything to break free. He bared his teeth, raw frustration curling in his throat, his muscles burning with the effort to throw off the weight holding him down.
But the Alpha held.
Not just held—he pressed, forcing Elias deeper into the mattress, his body a wall of heat and strength that Elias couldn't shake, no matter how hard he fought.
"Let go," Elias growled, breathless, his chest heaving with exertion.
The Alpha's grip tightened.
"Make me."
A challenge. A taunt.
And Elias—Elias took it.
He jerked against the hold, using every ounce of strength in his body to twist, to roll, to throw the Alpha off—
And for a split second—he almost did.
Their bodies shifted, tangled, a clash of force and instinct—Elias managing to shove up just enough to unbalance the Alpha, just enough to—
But then—
The Alpha caught him.
A sharp, ruthless counter-movement, a twist of his hips and a shift of weight, and suddenly—
Elias was the one beneath him again.
This time, there was no space left between them.
No hesitation.
Only heat.
Only pressure.
Only the sound of both their ragged breaths filling the air as the Alpha pinned him, his body flush against Elias's, unyielding, unshaken, utterly in control.
"You fight so beautifully," the Alpha murmured, voice rough, dark amusement curling at the edges. "But you already know how this ends, don't you?"
Elias's breath hitched.
Not from fear.
Not from defeat.
But from the unbearable heat coiling in his gut—the raw, involuntary reaction to the Alpha's presence, to the merciless way their bodies were pressed together, to the electric, blazing friction he couldn't stop.
The Alpha felt it.
And he smirked.
"Still burning up, little one?" he breathed, leaning in—closer, closer, his lips ghosting against Elias's throat, drinking in every tremor, every sharp intake of breath.
Elias clenched his jaw, trying—desperate—to resist, to fight—
But his body was already betraying him.
And the Alpha?
The Alpha was enjoying every second of it.