13. Reed
Chapter thirteen
Reed
N o! This is wrong!
I must protect my Omega. That Rogue is dangerous.
But when I hear that soft, feminine moan, I stop thumping my fist against the door, inhaling deeply.
Fuck.
When she moans again, I bare my teeth, stepping away from the door.
My knot swells in my pants, and no… I will not be a slave to my Alpha again.
He needs to get his shit together if he hopes to protect our Omega from that vicious Rogue.
“Zayden…” she breathes, andmy Alpha halts. Then my heart rings, echoing through my head as the sweet scent of lemon cupcake blooms around me.
How had I failed to see the signs this time?
Now, Opal is definitely nearing her heat. Last time had just been a false alarm.
This is the real deal. There’s no denying the sharpness to her sweet scent.
An Omega ready for knotting.
My knot swells further, and it’s all too much.
I will not be bewitched by that temptress. She may have fooled the others, yet she won’t get the best of me.
That's when a sharp pain splits right down my skull, and when I open my eyes again, Zayden is above me, fucking me hard over and over with no end in sight.
A mind-shattering orgasm tears me apart from the seams next, and I fall back against the wall, gasping for air.
Opal screams on the other side of the door, and what the fuck…
What just happened?
Before I do something I regret, like ripping the door off its hinges and joining her and Zayden in the nest, I head to my own room, finding the shower.
This stupid Alpha of mine. He’s relentless.
And why was I inside her head just now? We're not bonded…
I have never bitten her.
My fangs ache now as I tear off my clothes and get under the shower. I punch the button, and the frigid water cools my Alpha down instantly.
Good. The bastard needs it.
Now I find my cock and jerk off until my knot deflates. I rest my back against the tiles, trying to calm my breathing.
No matter what, I cannot let my Alpha win.
I need to focus.
The warden could still be working through Opal, and one of us has to remain on our guard.
So, if I have to continue taking cold showers, then so be it.
At least then we will all be safe.
I see her face before me again. I remember how I brushed my hand on the back of her neck, felt the teeth marks left by the enemy, and I had never felt such anger.
Pure, animal loathing.
That Alpha forced himself on that Omega, and for that injustice, he will pay.
Mark my word.
I will crush his head with my own hands.
***
Hours go by, and before long, morning arrives.
Zayden and Opal went at it all night.
In the end, I slept in the basement, far, far away from her old bed where her scent still lingers.
Not that it helped. I could still see through her head now and then, feel exactly what Zayden was doing to her.
How he made her body feel…
Fuck.
Maybe I should handcuff myself to the bed. Anything to stop me from making a huge mistake, like barging into that nest and taking that female Omega for myself.
Then, I could feel my own dick inside her.
Reed and Magnus have the same shitty expressions on their faces when I storm up into the kitchen, and it looks like they got no sleep either.
The Omegas kept us all awake.
“You look like complete shit,” Magnus notes, sipping his coffee.
I growl, making my way to the coffee machine. I fucking need a coffee.
“You must be smug,” I blurt, watching the Alpha in my peripheral vision.
Magnus sips his coffee. “How did you guess?”
I answer him with a growl, returning to my coffee-making endeavor.
I could never quite work this machine. This is the sixth one we’ve had; I broke all the others through sheer rage.
“They stopped yet?” Levi asks, looking as if he wants to go straight back to bed.
Gryphon has called him into the office. As pack lead, he has no choice but to answer a summons from the governor.
We have a lot to prepare for.
In fact, I wouldn’t mind joining him today. Any excuse to get out of this stinking house.
Maybe then I will stop slipping inside her head.
“Sometime around 5 a.m.,” Magnus responds, finishing off his coffee. “Let them, I say. Our Omega needs it.”
His gaze finds mine, and it’s a good thing I finally worked out how to use the coffee machine.
Or we would be ordering our seventh.
Levi rises, drinking the dregs of his coffee.I swig mine right back, coming to life immediately.
“I’m coming with you.”
Levi meets my eye. “Why? You hate strategy meetings.”
I answer with a grumble, tossing my cup into the sink.
Magnus snorts. “He needs an excuse to get out of the house.”
I whirl on him, snapping my teeth in his general vicinity. The Alpha just snorts and takes his own leave, whistling the whole way.
Why is he so happy?
Levi checks his weapons belt at the door, meeting my gaze. “Well, you ready?”
I don’t take any weapons. My fangs and fists are enough. “Aye.”
“Do me a favor," he sighs. "Try not to rip the head off Theo Titan again.”
I shrug. “If he doesn’t piss me off, then sure.”
Levi opens the door. “The guy is an asshat, I get it, but he’s our comrade, Reed. We need him.
I snort at his response, following him out the door and toward his car.
I don’t care. I will take all the jabs and smart remarks from Theo any day.
Anything has to be better than being trapped in this house with them…
Most of all, with her.
I don’t trust myself around her. I don’t trust my Alpha.
So, here’s to a lifetime of permanent blue balls.
I can’t fucking wait.