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She tilted her head to the side. “Donald DeFreeze. He led the group that kidnapped Patty Hurst and brainwashed her.”
“Sounds like my kinda guy, should I start calling you Patty?” I asked with a grin.
“DeFreeze died at thirty in a firefight with the police.”
“Oh no, that won’t do. I plan to be old and wrinkly before I die in a big fancy explosion.” I put my hand on my chin in an exaggerated gesture of being deep in thought. “I’ll have to watch some more stuff and figure out a better comparison!”
“Archer mentioned you and Gage both like documentaries,” she said. She was still sitting cross legged, but she was no longer hugging herself. She was slightly more at ease and that pleased me.
“What else did he tell you about the pack?” Did she like what she had heard about us? I wanted her approval. I knew I didn’t need it, but something in my hindbrain was insisting she needed to like us. Kinda hard to do when we kidnapped her, but fuck it, I liked a challange.
“Not much, names, that you were a vet, he worked with computers and that Gage was training to take over his fathers business and Kane worked in security, though I’m starting to doubt that now. Though he never told me what business Gage’s father was in,” I admitted.
“His folks own a butcher's shop, it’s been in his family for years. My pack are good people, we are just a little rough around the edges. Soon they’ll be in the rear-view mirror and you won’t have to think of them again. Or any of us again, tragic as that may be.” I pouted, and even though my tone was playful I did feel a pang at the idea of her leaving, which was laughable because why would she want to be near us?
“You’re being so nice. Why? I clubbed you with a lamp!” Her tone was exasperated.
“To be fair, I would have done the same in your position—you’re a resourceful little thing. I can’t blame you for trying to escape, and it was the sexiest thing I’ve seen in years. The boner I got,ugh.” I smirked at her, thrilled at the slight blush that rose in her cheeks at the mention of my cock. “Seriously, you can doanythingyou want to me, I’m down!” I laughed before letting my face drop and becoming serious. “Iwillstop you from leaving until Gage clears you to go though, because I refuse to let you go when you know information that could be dangerous to my pack if it got out. They’re my family. None of us have it in us to hurt an omega.”
Clearly this alpha would have done anything to protect his family, I understood his threat, yet I wasn’t sure whether I should be turned on by that or looking for another lamp. “Yeah, they always tell us at the Havens that alphas are hardwired to protect the omegas. That we should never fear them.”
“That seems a bit idealistic.”
“It is—just a few weeks ago my friend, Sage, went through hell at the hands of some rogue alphas. Just because the Havens only let reputable packs through their doors doesn’t mean there aren’t bad ones out there.”
“We’ve learned the hard way that there are bad folks out there. We lost someone close to us, and it’s never been the same since.”
“I’m so sorry, it’s horrible to lose anyone, let alone a loved one.”
“Is it,” I agreed with a sigh, taking the now empty plate off Lavender. My hand brushed against hers for a moment, and my hindbrain went into overdrive from the simple touch.Grab. Claim. Keep her.
Images flooded my brain of her on top of me, choking my cock as she took what she needed. Maybe she would grab my throat, or I would grab hers. Fuck, she had just the right amount of fire and softness, she would be so much fun.
I took a step back and nodded at her. “Rest, you’re still gonna be recovering from the drugs. I’ll bring one of the TVs in here later if you want so you can watch something, or I’ll talk to Gage and see if you can camp out in one of the dens.” I wanted her to be happy, and if I could do anything to make it happen without pissing off or endangering our pack, I was going to do it.
“Thank you.” She smiled.
“You’ll be home before you know it, and until then we should all keep our distance, the scent blockersreallydidn’t do their job.” The room was full of the alluring lavender and vanilla scent, it was delicious, but it wasn’t a completely in your face omega scent yet.
Lavender stilled, probably taking stock of her situation and understanding that her sweet floral scent was coating every surface of the room. Or that I, and every other alpha in this house, wanted to drown in it, personal feelings aside. Giving her one last tight smile, I left, locking the door behind me.
Jesus fucking Christ. No one has any right to smell that damn good. It had taken everything in me to keep a respectful distance from Lavender.
ChapterTen
Gage
Theo had come to bed after that first night and he couldn’t stop talking about Lavender. He was obsessed. I was sitting up in bed checking through a few phone notifications when he came skipping into the room. Skipping. Like a goddamned school girl. Usually he just slithered in without saying much. The first few nights we had spent together after his accident were completely silent, he would just creep into my room and slide into bed without a word. He couldn’t handle being alone at night anymore.
“Oh Gage, she’s perfect. I wanna keep her forever!” Theo cooed, jumping into bed and wriggling down under the covers, pulling them up to his chin.
“We aren’t keeping her,” I reminded him. He looked over at me with a pout. I resisted the urge to groan, the last thing we needed was Theo forming an attachment.
“But Gagey!” he whined. “She’s prettyandshe smells nice. Don’t lie to me, you’ve had a permanent hard on since we grabbed her, haven’t you?”
I had, her scent was a fucking aphrodisiac and I couldn’t control my physical reaction. That was beyond the point, though.
“No,” I kept my voice firm.
