Page 6 of Knot What I Expected

Nobody died. The mountain is still standing. And the mess is nothing but damp ashes now.

Tonight counts as a win.

But my Wolf shifts restlessly beneath my skin.

He’s been worse lately.

Stronger.

Meaner.

Harder to contain.

I know what that means. Or at least what I’ve always assumed it means.

Eventually, one of us is going to win.

Me.

Or him.

And fuck, I’m not stupid enough to bet on myself.

Still...

I have to admit, hope is a hard thing to kill. Even for me.

Because Wreck was fucked too.

Maybe not exactly like me.

But close enough.

He spent years believing the monster inside him was something he had to keep chained.

Something broken.

Something dangerous.

Then he found Gia.

His Omega.

His fated mate.

And somehow, that changed everything.

The fucker still has issues. Plenty of them.

Like his charming personality.

But I have to admit he’s different now.

Steadier.

Whole.

Good for them both. Seriously. I mean it.