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“Look at my niece. You’ve come a long way since I’ve last seen you, Kinsey. I always knew you were worth more than what your parents thought. Look at you, seducing leaders from the Pack Regimes.” Uncle Rommel doesn’t break his eyes away from mine, setting me off. “I’ve done you a great favor, you know. You should thank me.”
Rage lashes through me, darkening my vision. I’m going to kill him myself. “Thank you? You think I should thank you? You’re fucking sick! You’re a monster. Fuck you!” I throw myself forward, wanting nothing more than to scratch his eyes out. To twist his dick so hard that it tears off. I want him to pay. He’s manipulating my pack, and I won’t stand for it.
Hands lock around my waist, yanking me back, and Enzo tosses me on his shoulder. I kick and scream, smacking his back and demanding that he put me down. He doesn’t.
Wilder calls the security team to escort Uncle Rommel out, not doing anything that I desperately want them to do. I want them to hold him down while I ravage him, making him feel the pain he inflicted on me. I can’t believe this. They promised to always protect me. And not only physically.
“You can’t let him leave here alive!” I squirm and fight, forcing Enzo to pull me into his arms. “You have to do this. You’re my alpha. You can’t give him this power. If you give him this power, he’ll just keep taking more until he kills you all, just like he killed the last pack I was supposed to be in. You have to do this, Enzo.”
My eyes water with my unshed tears, and I blink them away. I can’t let them fall. I won’t let them fall. Uncle Rommel has had enough of my tears. He’s not taking any more from me.
“Kinsey, please. Please stop fighting me.” Enzo keeps his voice low as he carries me around the stone terrace, choosing to walk through the garden instead of carrying me through the crowd gathering to watch the drama.
“Then fight for me. He can’t get away. He won’t stop until he’s dead, or I am.” My voice cracks with my words. “You have to believe me.”
“Of course, I fucking believe you and trust you. We just can’t do as you ask right now. There are far too many witnesses. I will not do something to jeopardize my life with you for revenge and anger. I will not act rashly and risk him winning. That’s what he wants. That’s why he’s trying to provoke us. I need you to believe me and trust me now. We will end him. You will get your justice. We just have to do it appropriately. We’re too new. I cannot risk our futures.” Enzo tenses with his words, his voice soft and pleading.
My head spins with remnants of the alcohol, and I give up and hang in his arms, unsure of how to respond. I know I’m being irrational. I know I need to do things a certain way. But my anger continues to consume me. And it projects not only at Uncle Rommel, but I’m suddenly so mad at Enzo. At Wilder, Arsenio, and Desmond. This isn’t how I imagined things to be. I need the ruthless men I met the day they accidentally kidnapped me.
“You’re risking everything by giving him more time, Enzo.” I’m not even sure he hears me because he doesn’t respond. He continues to carry me around the huge fortress.
I close my eyes, trying to settle my anger. But I can’t. I can’t do anything except shut down. This way, the world can’t hurt me. Nothing can disappoint me. It’ll be only me and my thoughts.
“Kinsey, did you hear me? I’m taking you home.” Enzo strokes his fingers over my arm.
I don’t respond to him.
I can’t think about any of this when it feels as if I’m about to lose it all.
I was naïve to think I’d get a life of normalcy.
I was stupid to even think I’d get a life at all.
My heart aches. It’s hard to breathe. At any second, my world might shatter.
And this time, I won’t be able to pick up the pieces.
Chapter thirteen
Kinsey
Breaking Point
AmIbeingunfair,locking Enzo out of my room? I honestly don’t know. My emotions get the best of me, my uncle’s words tumbling through my head over and over again. I just need space. I need a moment to think and process. This was supposed to be a celebration, putting King Winston to rest along with his awful reign.
But I’m grieving. Not for the monster but for me.
With my uncle’s arrival, I can’t stop the flood of memories tightening my chest, making it difficult to breathe. I can hear his laughter as if he stands outside the door now, listening as my heartache threatens to end me. He took pleasure in my torment.
“Get out of my head!” I screech, smacking my temples, hoping that with the pain will come peace and clarity.
The door bangs open, smacking against the wall. A lock can’t keep out any of my alphas if they truly want in. Enzo snatches my wrists and tugs my hands away, restraining me to him. I struggle in his hold, stepping on his feet, trying to break away. I just want the memories to stop. I want the world to freeze and give me a second to catch my gasping breath.
“Kinsey, stop. Please. Please, baby. You’re scaring me.” Enzo guides me backward until the backs of my knees hit my bed, sending me falling onto the fluffy duvet. He climbs on top of me, squeezing my hips between his thighs as he bows forward. “I got you. I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere. You have to stop hurting yourself. Please.”
“He’s going to kill me,” I cry, refusing to submit to his pleas. “He’ll kill you. He’ll take you from me. He’s coming. I know he is. He’ll break in just like before.”
“Shhh, shhh. We have doubled security. The palace is on lockdown until further notice.” Enzo rubs his cheek against mine, trying to smooth away the trembles chattering my teeth without letting me go.
