Chapter 71
Chapter Seventy-One
~Rhen~
Anger courses through me as I am forced to watch him make her submit. He never does that to us, and I feel her pain vibrate through the bond, the betrayal she feels. Thane climbs out of the car, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Get in the car. We’re going home," he snaps, yet we all remain where we are. I can't believe he just did that. It was cruel, and he knows it. Yet, he feels no remorse for his actions. Almost as if he enjoyed hurting her. Like some sick form of vengeance for his mother.
"I said get in the car," he snarls at us.
Leon whimpers as the command rolls over us, his feet moving toward the car. Both mine and Raidon's hands whip out, stopping him. Thane raises an eyebrow at our challenge. He can make us submit, but if he does, we will never forgive him.
"I had no choice. Look at how many people are watching with their fucking phones out," he snaps at us.
We had drawn a crowd, and this will be splashed over every paper tomorrow.
The headlines will no doubt read about how harshly Thane treated an Omega.
It doesn't look good, but she wasn't in control of her actions.
He knows how territorial Omegas are, and he reeks of Sarah. What did he expect?
"Get in the—" his words cut off when her irritating, nasally voice reaches my ears. He drops the command as Sarah rushes across the road, her heels clicking furiously.
"Alpha! Alpha!" she calls out. I turn, about to tell her to fuck off, but we are indeed surrounded by many onlookers and are in enough hot water already.
"What, Sarah?" Thane asks as she slows to a stop beside him. She bats her fake lashes at him, and I can feel his hatred toward her through the bond.
"I know you are having trouble with your Omega. And I wonder, maybe you're looking for a replacement? She doesn't seem to be very submissive."
Is this whore for real right now? I am astonished at how desperate she is coming across. Gold-digging whore! She knows we have an Omega. Now I kind of wish Thane let Harlow at the bitch. She steps closer, brushing her hands down his chest. Raidon growls at her.
"We will talk about this tomorrow at work," he tells her, glancing around at the people watching.
"No, Sarah, you are—" I say, before being cut off.
"We will discuss it at work tomorrow," Thane growls.
I was about to tell her that she’s fired and not welcome near us or Harlow.
How dare she? To think that we would just toss our Omega aside for her.
I grit my teeth while she paws at him, disgusted, not just with her but with Thane for not immediately putting her in her place. Fuck what the media says!
With a growl, I climb into the car. I grab Harlow, dragging her limp body out. Thane growls, and Raidon rushes toward Leon's car, opening the door.
"Leon, now!" I order, and he rushes after us. Raidon climbs in the back of the car, and I pass her to him before jumping in the driver's side.
"What are you doing?" Thane snarls.
"If you are willing to entertain the idea of her, then sleep by yourself," I snap at him before slamming the door shut just as Leon slides into the passenger seat. Thane's anger burns through the bond, but I don't care. I tear out of there and head back to the hotel.
When we arrive back at the hotel, I open the back door so Raidon can climb out with her. He carries her to the room. I open the door as she starts to come to. The moment she does, she throws up all over him. Raidon curses, looking up at the ceiling.
"I’ll get the shower going," Leon says, rushing into the bathroom.
"Sorry," Harlow mumbles, almost incoherently. "I don't usually drink," she slurs.
"I can tell. It is fine. Go back to sleep," Raidon tells her, letting his Calling slip out, lulling her to sleep with its calming effect.
Raidon walks into the bathroom and sits on the edge of the tub.
I help him to peel off her dress and strip her bare, while Leon tries to clean up the mess she made of Raidon's shirt.
Once she’s naked, I strip my own clothes off before taking her, so Raidon can undress. He definitely needs a shower now. I step into the shower with her, sitting on the recess while Raidon grabs the removable shower head and starts rinsing his chest.
"So gross," he says, quickly washing.
"She didn't mean it," Leon is quick to defend.
"I know. It doesn't make it any less gross, though," Raidon tells him before grabbing the soap and rinsing her with the showerhead.
We wash her quickly, and Leon grabs towels as we take turns holding her while we get changed and try to dry her off.
We give up on dressing her and just place her in bed naked.
Leon moves to shower himself, closing the door behind him. I climb in bed, laying behind her with Raidon on her other side.
"What now?" Raidon asks.
"We have a meeting in the morning, but I don't care about that. We need to fire Sarah; I don't want Thane making things worse by keeping her around."
Raidon nods his head before rolling into her.
"I also need to speak to my mother, so I can get Harlow's test results," he tells me, and I nod before reaching behind me and flicking off the lamp on my side of the bed, leaving only Raidon's on.
When Leon gets out of the shower, I can feel his burning hunger.
He needs blood, but as he peers down at her sleeping form between us, he shakes his head.
"Leon?" Raidon asks, tilting his head to the side. We all know now that he feeds on her. She will always be his go-to.
"I can wait," he says, but instead of climbing into bed with us, he moves toward the couch. I know he doesn't want to risk feeding on her while she sleeps. Not that he hasn't before, but I can feel after everything with Thane tonight, Leon doesn't want to take anything from her without her consent.
"If you get uncomfortable, you have us, Leon," I remind him, and he nods, grabbing the spare blanket and pillow, before climbing onto the couch farthest away from her.