Page 70 of Knot What I Expected

For a birthday present. Ugh. Fine. Gia is a wonderful woman.

Really.

She is sweet. Funny. Tougher than she looks. And she did something for Wreck that I didn’t think anybody could do.

She settled him.

Not weakened him.

That distinction matters.

Wreck is more dangerous now than he was before Gia came along. Maybe more feral, too.

He just has somewhere to put all that aggression. Something worth protecting instead of something to fight against. Gia gave the Bear a center. An anchor.

She is his Omega.

Monster shifts beneath my skin.

Gabby.

“No.”

Silence.

“Don’t fucking start.”

Mine.

My hands tighten around the steering wheel.

“She isn’t.”

The Wolf snorts and retreats.

Smug fucker.

I turn the truck toward town.

Gia might be a wonderful woman, but Lord knows how she puts up with Wreck.

Then again...

I think about the way she looks at him.

Like the scars don’t matter.

Like the growling doesn’t scare her.

Like all the shit Wreck spent years believing made him unlovable is simply part of the male she chose.

My chest gets tight.

I immediately turn up the radio.

Fuck that.

The mall is exactly as terrible as I expected.