Page 103 of Alpha’s Possession

He nods, walking off when she closes the curtain.

“Who are they?” I ask her nervously.

“Some Alpha Pack,” she says dismissively, when I hear that voice again. It has me pinching the side of the curtain to look out. Peeking out, I see men drinking and moving around when the one directly in front of the curtain steps aside a little more, letting me look past his body at the others, and I gasp. Mr. Black?

I take a step back, letting the curtain close.

“Z?” Bree asks, knowing better than to use my name when a flimsy curtain is all that separates us from them. I shake my head.

“I need to go,” I tell her, spinning on my heel and ripping the door open. I rush out, only for a set of hands to grip my arms tightly. A feral growl tears out of him, as he jerks me to him.

“When Talon called me, I thought he was fucking lying,” he snaps at me.

I gulp, looking up at Thane.

Chapter Seventy-Eight

~Harlow~

I wrestle out of Thane’s grip.

“I didn’t do anything, and as you can see, I’m leaving!” I screech. Thane looks me up and down, disgusted at my work attire.

“Oh really, then why did Talon call to tell me you were about to get fucked in a damn glory hole? All you’ve ever done is try to whore yourself out!”

I am shocked he dared to call me a whore. I was a virgin when I met them. My mouth still hangs open at his accusation.

My initial shock wears off, now replaced with seething anger. I snarl at Thane. “I wouldn’t even be here if I didn’t need the money to support myself. It’s not like you paid me for all the work I did. Nor did you have the decency to bring my purse to the hotel. You don’t fucking want me. None of you do! You won’t fucking believe me or let me speak. All you want is to breed me and then kill me for something I didn’t do!”

He listens to my outburst with an unreadable expression on his face. He reaches for me, but I pull away.

“Why don’t you just go and find your fucking skank whore of a secretary and leave me alone? Cut your losses, Thane. I will never allow you to treat me like some broodmare, then put me out for slaughter after you get what you want from me!” I snarl at him.

Thane is initially taken aback before he growls at me. “News flash, Harlow! You’re already pregnant. And your death can’t come soon enough for me! I’ve had enough of your nonsense!”

I blink at him in shock. Did he say I’m pregnant?

“You’d only need money for one thing, and that is to run away. But not with my child, you won’t.”

No! I can’t be pregnant. He has to be lying. I am totally blindsided, although it would explain why I have felt like shit lately. There is no way I am going to let him take me and take my baby.

Thane lunges at me, trying to grab me and haul me out of here. My claws extend as I swipe at him to keep him back, grazing his chest through his shirt. “Harlow!” Thane grits out.

I bolt for the stairs, but not fast enough as Thane rips me back by my shirt. “Get off of me, you son of a bitch!” I say while thrashing in his grip, not caring about the attention I am drawing.

“Enough, Harlow! Submit!” he snarls, forcing his command over me and making me freeze on the spot.

I am motionless under his command. Tears stream down my cheeks, unable to fight it. How could I be cursed to endure such sadistic control? Being born an Omega is not a blessing; it is a curse.

A curse that killed my parents, a curse that took my sister from me, and now a curse that will end my life after he takes my baby from me. All for something I didn’t do. I should have died that night along with my parents; if I had, none of this would have happened.

Thane steers me down the stairs; Talon is at the bottom, holding my backpack. I reach for it, only for Thane to snatch it out of my grip.

“You won’t be needing this with where you will be staying until our pup is born,” Thane threatens. Talon looks away guiltily. Thane steers me into the main floor to find everyone staring in our direction. Thane’s grip on my arm is painful as he marches me toward the front doors.

Stepping outside, Rhen is standing beside the car on the curb. He glances at me briefly before pressing his lips in a line. His burning anger and disgust smash into me, and I wither and recoil inside as I feel it through the bond. He opens the back door as Thane shoves me toward it, and Rhen grips my arm as I stumble toward him.

“I wasn’t going to—" I try to tell Rhen.