Chapter 34
Chapter Thirty-Four
~Thane~
The mind-link opens abruptly when Rhen contacts me. Raidon is trying to calm Leon down, who is still crazed with bloodlust and rut.
'I need your help. We’re trapped,' Rhen says.
'Excuse me?' I ask him.
'She went into heat. I fucking need you here now!'
'Fuck, just leave her ass there. It's what Omegas are for,' I tell him. Fuck, she would probably even enjoy it.
'Thane! I am not leaving her. Get here now!'
The mind-link cuts off abruptly. Nope, she deserves this for not telling us she needed more suppressants. Raidon glances at me from where he holds the door; I know he heard Rhen, too.
“Thane!” he spits at me through gritted teeth. “She is our assistant. And an Omega!"
"Not my problem," I snap at him. I lean against her desk and look down at her neat handwriting on the notepad. I chew my lip as guilt fills me.
"Rhen won't abandon her to fend for herself. What about him?" Raidon snarls at me, taking one hand off the door.
I stand. I do not feel like fighting Leon right now, and if Raidon lets go of that door, Leon will come running out.
"Think Thane, she is tiny, and in a city full of fucking Alphas. Not just one. Hundreds live here," Raidon says, and a wave of possessiveness washes through me at the thought of other Alphas touching her.
I shake my head. Her pheromones still linger in the air, though not as strong, since I sprayed air freshener everywhere.
However, her sweet scent makes my mouth water, and my cock is still painfully hard in my pants.
Glancing at Raidon, so is his. I swallow, wondering if she is okay or if the estrus has overridden her senses.
Yet when Rhen's fear courses through me, I know it isn't for himself but for her. Rhen fears nothing and loves a good fight. If he is scared that means he is struggling to keep her safe.
I curse under my breath and shake my head, tugging my blazer off and tossing it on the desk while unbuttoning my damn shirt.
"Get Leila up here to contain her damn brother and grab the fucking car.
You can drop Zara home," I tell him before my palms hit the fire escape doors.
The lock smashes as it hits the wall to the stairwell, and I start running to reach them.
The moment I burst out the doors, I shift.
I thought I would have to follow the bond to their location, but one whiff of the air lures me directly to them.
I race through the streets to the alleyway.
Passersby stand at the end, staring horrified down the small street.
This is prime entertainment for them; not much like this ever happens in the city.
Sure, you hear the horror stories from what happens in the dark of night, but in broad daylight?
Most Omegas are careful not to be caught out in a state like this, and she is a shining beacon of lust and sin.
Stepping into the alley, people scatter to get away from me.
My eyes go to Rhen, who is drenched in blood as he tries to keep three Alphas from her.
Another two are dead on the ground. I see her run, only to be pounced on by a brown and white wolf.
The wolf shifts, ripping the back of her shirt open and snapping her bra while she thrashes beneath him.
The fact she is fighting at all is odd—she should be rabid with heat, seeking the Alpha's knot, not fighting him.
My brows furrow in confusion, and I suck in a breath, knowing once I get close enough, I will be as rabid as others.
I need to hold myself together, knowing that is the only thing holding Rhen back.
Pack wolves won't mate without the Alpha's approval.
It dampens the effects of heated wolves because they need approval.
Yet these are lone Alphas, bound by no pack and no Alpha.
Zara screams, rolling over as she tries to shove him off, only for him to grab her hips and flip her back onto her belly as he rips at her pants. The sight snaps me out of my confusion.
A savage growl leaves me. My mind screams that she isn't his to touch. I want to kill him, and kill him, I do. My teeth lacerate his throat, and I shake my head, snapping his neck. He goes limp as my jaws wrap around his throat, and I chomp down again before flinging him away.
Zara freezes beneath me. I sniff her, making sure the blood that coats her isn't hers. I get a whiff of Alpha blood and de-scenter, making my nose wrinkle, and I sneeze when Rhen mind-links me.
'A little help,' he growls, and I rear forward on the next one, my teeth slicing through his shoulder. Yet I can't bring myself to move away from Zara. She is still frozen with fear, cowering beneath my hind legs. Rhen kicks off another, and I hear more coming when I glance down at her.
'Get her out of here. Raidon should be here any minute with the car,' I mind-link. He walks over to me and runs his fingers through my fur while I step over her.
I don’t know what shocks me more: Zara’s fisted grip on my belly or her panicked shout of "Don't hurt him."
We have given her hell for weeks, and she would still beg for him? Shaking my head, I look at Rhen. They will not touch her or my mate. I growl before launching myself at the newly arrived wolves, giving Rhen the chance to escape with her.