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“I still need to be sure for myself.” Kinsey reaches up and caresses her fingers gently over the purpling bruise on my jaw. “I can’t believe this happened. Those fuckers need to pay.”
She says it as if she plans to be the one to punish them, and it fills me with a mixture of emotions. Because while I’d love to see her kick ass, the idea scares me. I don’t want her anywhere near those fuckers.
“They will. We’re already planning a counterattack. We just have to catch Platinum Shores off guard like they did us.” I ease away from her and go to the sink, using my hands to cup the water to rinse the dried blood from my face. I have a split lip that bled down my chin and I look far worse than I feel, which is probably why Kinsey is going crazy over me.
“And how do you guys plan to do that? It’s dangerous. There must be another way.” Kinsey puckers her bottom lip, her fear making her look extra kissable. I just want to love up on her until she smiles again.
“We’re going to go after the weakest packs in their territory and offer them the freedom they’ve been denied. Once we get enough allies, they won’t be able to handle our invasion. Platinum Shores isn’t exactly a desirable territory. People live there because they have to, and they have nowhere else to go. When citizens are unhappy, they’re more likely to rebel. And we know that a lot of them are willing to do that. I mean, look at who the Platinum Shores Pack works with? Nobody likes the Gutter District.” I want to be as honest with her as possible. I know that Wilder would prefer to hide things to keep her from freaking out, but I know that she needs to know that we have a solid plan. She can handle it. He’s always been overprotective.
“And what if it doesn’t work?” She remains expressionless, watching me dry my face off.
I sigh, spinning to face her. I back her up against the door, stroking my fingers over her cheek and into her hair, caging her in with my body. “Sugar, it’s going to work. And if by some crazy-ass curse that it doesn’t, then we’ll take it by force. We have the manpower. Our father won’t be able to stop us from using what we need.”
“He’s going to hate me.” Kinsey lowers her voice with her words. “He’ll blame me if he finds out.”
I want to tell her not to worry about him and that what he thinks of her doesn’t matter, but I can see that it matters to her. My father is part of our pack. In other circumstances, he’d treat Kinsey as his daughter. As family. She might not get that bonding from him.
It hurts me knowing as much.
It pisses me off more than anything.
I clench my jaw and swallow, trying my best not to scowl at the thought of my bastard dad rejecting the woman of my dreams. “My mother would’ve cut his balls off if he even tried, you know. I wish you could’ve met her. She’d have loved you so much.”
Kinsey’s frown morphs into a soft smile. It’s the most beautiful thing I have ever created, her response assuring me that I said the right thing. “Do you think so?”
I nod and greet her smile with my own. “Absolutely. She was a lot like Holly, and I know how much she adores you. I’m pretty sure that if we hadn’t seen how perfect you were for us, she’d have either clobbered us in our sleep or asked you to run away with her.” I lean in, silently begging for a kiss, wanting to feel her mouth against mine. I don’t even care if it’ll hurt my split lip. I want the pain as long as it means that I get her affection.
She laughs, her voice lifting my spirits, filling me up in a way I yearn to devour over and over again. I can listen to her laugh forever. “That was my plan. Because I really love your sister, too. I love all of you. You’re my pack and my family.”
“And you’re my mate. My everything. And that’s why my father’s opinion doesn’t matter. He’s not our leader. He’s not even our father at this point. He’s a man in our way, and I’m ready to knock him from our path.” I’ve never felt so ready for something in my life. After what King Winston did to Holly, I’ll never forgive him. I’ll play my part in this game, but once I win—we win—I will never have a second thought about that man.
She slowly nods her head. “You’re right. I shouldn’t care about him. He’s a vile man. Despicable. The way he treats you guys...I will push him myself. But it won’t be just out of your way. I’ll push him off a fucking cliff.”
Damn. Her threat gets to me in a good way. I know she’s capable of great things. She’s an omega not made from the choices of her pack. She’s an omega built from steel and concrete, from the rubble of her tragic circumstances. She carries an invisible armor that her presence alone shares with me.
“God, Kinsey. I love you. I can’t wait for this to all be fucking over so you can have everything you could ever want and desire. Everything you deserve. You will never want for anything. You will never experience this sort of fear again. You’ll be protected and treated like the queen you are.” I kiss her deeply, letting her feel how my body reacts to hers, my muscles rippling and my body flexing from her closeness. If we weren’t in the bathroom of the Silverstein’s estate with my brothers waiting, I would claim her right here and now. I want her so badly that I can taste it, the memory of her excitement turning me on even more.
“I love you too. That’s a life I crave. A life I know we’ll get. I’ll be everything you need. That I promise you, Arsenio. I want to help you build an amazing future not only for our pack but also for our people.” Kinsey murmurs the words against my lips, the softness of her voice so sexy as she returns my declaration of love with her own.
If only I didn’t hear my brothers’ voices in the living room. I’d stay in here for the rest of the night if I could, pretending as if the world outside no longer exists, because right now, Kinsey is my world. I want her to be my entire universe.
I don’t get a chance to beg her to give me just a moment more of her affection because she nudges me back, lacing her fingers through mine, and pulls me toward the door. Her desire to see Desmond lies in the fact that she is afraid for him. I will not deny her being able to see him for herself just to satiate my needs. I’ll hold him down if I have to, so she can kiss every inch of him as her way of making him feel better. Fuck. I don’t think I’ve ever been jealous of him in my life, and to be envious of him getting shot? I’m fucking ridiculous.
“Sugar, wait a second.” I slow her down, placing my hand on the door to stop her from flinging it open. “Desmond will lie his ass off about his injuries. Just be a bit careful with him, okay? He’s going to want you to smother him with your body, but he needs a bit of time to heal.”
“Just tell me what I can do to help him. I want to be his nurse. He needs me.” Kinsey doesn’t intend to be sexy, but her words strike me right in the nuts. Now I can imagine her in a skimpy nurse costume, tending to my brother.
If he doesn’t have those thoughts, I’m going to smack him. Because that’s one hell of a way to be nursed back to health.
Maybe I’ll help him out and order the tiny number myself. He’ll owe me forever.
And maybe Kinsey could wear it for me some other time.
“I’ll make sure you have everything you need, sugar. But for now, it’ll probably hurt like hell to carry you around. He’s going to want to, but you need to remind him that he’ll have to wait.” I finally release my hand from the door and let her slowly open it.
“I’ll make sure he realizes that the wait will be worth it.” She smiles at me and tugs me from the bathroom, her mood already so much lighter.
I wish she could keep her smile forever, but the moment her eyes find Desmond leaning heavily on Wilder, looking like he’s about to pass out again, her face puckers with concern.
