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I’ve just picked up my boxes to head to the checkout counter when we hear Blake cry out, and I drop everything, immediately taking off in a sprint towards the sound. Her terror is shooting down the bond, and as I round the corner, I don’t even have time to process what I’m seeing before my vision goes red.
“HEY!What the fuck are you doing to my Omega?!” I shout at the soon-to-be-dead asshole who thought he could get anywhere near my girl.
The closer we get, the more two things become very clear. One, this guy is clearly an idiot. And two, he’s trying to drug Blake.
A ferocious growl rips out of my throat as I lunge at the other Alpha, tackling him to the side and praying Lee catches our girl. Rearing back, I punch him in the face, relishing the crunch of bone under my fist. I faintly hear Achilles in the background shouting for someone to call 911 but I lose myself in the feel of blood spattering against my shirt and neck and the pain in my knuckles.
I’m not sure how much time passes when I’m finally pulled off the sick bastard, but I hope he’s dead. Or at the very least, permanently deformed. He doesn’t deserve to keep breathing after touching my Omega. My instincts are on fire and I’m riding the edge of going feral when Lee’s voice breaks through the fog.
“ROOK!” he shouts.
I finally stop, realizing I’ve been fighting the officers holding me back and Detective Benson is standing in front of me with his hand on his taser. I can only imagine how wide and wild my eyes look at I jerk out of the officers’ hold and push people out of the way to get to my Angel. Finally spotting her, I come to a dead stop, nausea rolling over me in a wave that threatens to send me to my knees. Dropping next to them, I gently stroke her hair back from her face as Lee pulls me close with one arm and hugs me.
“You alright, big guy?” he asks quietly, all too aware of prying eyes and the cameras that have gathered outside trying to catch a glimpse of the infamous Beaumont pack in a scandal. I nod in response, kissing Blake gently on her forehead.
Benson comes up behind us and crouches down, putting a hand on my shoulder and squeezing tight when I growl at him.
“That’s enough of that, son. If they think you’ve gone feral, I’m gonna have to take you in for scent detox. You know that, so tone it down. Blake needs you,” he whispers the last part, so only we can hear him.
I take a deep breath, blowing out the last of the feral fog that had been clouding my brain. “You’re right. Thanks, Benson. I’m sorry if I hurt any of your guys. Once I saw that fucker with a rag over her mouth, I lost it.” I can feel myself getting worked up again as I picture it, so I lean down and tuck my face into my Angel’s neck, taking the deepest lungfuls of her scent I can manage.
Achilles is rubbing circles on my back, and I’m so thankful he’s here with me. I’ve never felt this out of control in my life and his calming presence is everything I need to keep it together right now until we can get our girl home and safe.
Taking a final deep inhale through my nose and holding it, I turn to the detective in time to see his posture visibly deflate.
“Glad you’re back with us, Beaumont. The basic rundown on this lowlife is that he’s a low-ranking player in the trafficking scene with a rap sheet a mile long. If we can get anything out of him, I’ll call you right away, but for now, go get your girl checked out by the medics out back and then head on home and hunker down. Don’t go out unless youabsolutelyhave tountil we find out who wants Blake and why. I have a bad feeling about this, especially after her first kidnapping and then her presenting as an Omega. Not to mention the incident this morning at your place…” he trails off, a crease forming between his brow as he thinks. “In fact, maybe y’all should get out of the city for a few days. Y’all still have that cabin?”
I nod, my mind already racing with things we’ll need to pack and what I can have ordered there for a makeshift nest. I’m worried this is going to set Blake back in her progress with the nightmares and touch aversion, so I need to make the cabin as comfortable and safe as possible. I turn to my Beta, letting him see the fear in my eyes. His face softens, and he stands up, passing our Omega to me gently so I can cradle her to my chest and breathe in her scent. Leaning over, he hugs us both tightly before leaning down to kiss her on the cheek.
“Let’s get Angel checked and get the hell out of here,” I say gruffly. The guys are going to lose their fucking minds when we get home. I refuse to be just another captor to her, but for as long as it takes to figure this out, she’s not leaving our sight.
ChapterTwenty-Three
BOSSY OMEGA
Blake
Iwake up confused and alone in an unfamiliar room. My first instinct is to panic, worried I’ve been taken…again.But the room I’m in is absolutely gorgeous and smells like my pack, so my panic slowly recedes. At least until the last thing I remember before I lost consciousness makes its way to the forefront of my mind. My breathing speeds up, but I force myself to stay calm and take several measured breaths.
Rook and Achilles got to me in time. I’m still safe with them.
It’s as I’m giving myself a pep talk, Kairo walks through the door. I assume it’s a bathroom, given the billowing cloud of pumpkin pie smelling steam that follows him. I have to hold back a moan because he smellsso. freaking. good.My perfume floods out of me and I can feel myself getting damp when the steam clears and I finally get a good look at my bubbly Alpha.
He’s standing there in nothing but a towel riding low on his trim hips, exposing the deep lines of his Adonis belt that are covered by smooth tan skin. A single drop of water falls off his messy blonde hair onto his chest, and I follow it with my eyes as it slowly trails down before being absorbed by the towel. With messy hair and lack of his usual smart clothing, he looks more like Kas than ever.
Clearly, I was more zoned out than I thought because I blink, and Kai is in front of me. He tips my chin up with one finger and looking at me with a mixture of concern and heat in his light brown eyes. This close, I can see the flecks of gold throughout his irises and in the bright morning light, they’re practically glittering.
“You alright there, Sugar? How are you feeling? Any headache, dizziness, nausea, confusion?” he asks.
I take a second to do a thorough mental inventory of my body, and honestly, aside from a little lingering sleepiness, I feel great, so I tell him that.
His smile is blinding. “Excellent… but let’s tell the guys you’re too tired and need to stay in bed for the day. I’m in the mood for a movie day with my Omega. You can have all the snacks and hot chocolate you want. I’m pretty sure one of your other Alphas is making you chocolate chip pancakes.” He waggles his eyebrows, booping me on the nose. “Let me just throw some boxers on real quick. As much as I love the guys, I don’t think they enjoy seeing me naked nearly as much as you do,” he says with a wink as he walks over to a large white dresser.
I stretch my arms above my head, looking around the room. It’s huge and absolutely gorgeous, with tons of natural light streaming in through the tall windows, but I still have no idea where we are.
“Hey Kai?” I ask quietly. “Where are we?”
He immediately spins around with a sheepish look on his face. “Shit. I’m so sorry, Blake. I didn’t even consider how waking up in a new place would make you feel. We’re at our pack’s cabin about an hour from home. After the… incidents yesterday, Detective Benson told us it might be better to get out of town for a while and hole up.”
