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Gage avoided my eye. “I guess he’s lonely and craving female attention. We can’t begrudge him wanting to talk to someone for that.”
“He won’t be lonely once we find Juniper. The ass can keep it in his pants until then,” I growled. My sister would be their omega, if it was the last thing I did. Reuniting her with them was my sole reason for continuing at this point, they could look after her, help her heal. She had adored them, and confided in me years ago that she liked Gage. I would make this work for her.
Gage turned to look at me. “Archer wasn’t tossing Juniper aside. He needed an outlet, and I think Lavender was that. They were never meant to meet in person. Had we not taken her she would have stayed at the Haven and gone on with her normal life.”
“Juniper deserves better.”
“Better? Kane, she was never our omega, nor had we plans for one, and yet we have torn our lives apart to find and save her. Archer gave up a lot. Yes, Juniper didn’t deserve to be taken, but don’t take your frustration out on Archer. He’s trying, we arealltrying. It’s been years, let him have this small thing.”
I wanted to shoutno.Archer shouldn’t have even been thinking of another omega, let alone regularly speaking with one. Gage’s pack was derailing, and he couldn’t even see it. When he told me about the meeting earlier I could smell him. He had been with her, and the smell of arousal clung to him. Both hers and his. They had clearly touched.
“Fuck me it’s cold. My dick is going to disappear for good if we don’t warm up soon!” Theo moaned, rubbing his hands together. “Gagey, this really isn’t the fun kind of blue balls, why are they so late?”
I checked my watch. 2:30am. That didn’t bode well, he was thirty minutes late.
“They’re late. Significantly late,” I said.
“Maybe they’ve been caught up? I imagine transporting cargo of that nature could be problematic and lead to a whole host of delays.” Gage frowned, ignoring Theo’s previous comment.
“How long do we wait?” I asked. “We need this to work, Gage.”
“I'm well aware of that, Kane. Fuck. How long can we wait?”
“As long as it takes.”
“Fine. You can warm my balls up later then, Gagey,” Theo grumbled petulantly, shuffling from foot to foot.
It was no secret that Gage and Theo had a flirty thing going on—those two spoke to each other like they were an old married couple who loved fucking like rabbits. Juniper had bet me a hundred dollars before she vanished that those two would end up hate fucking at some point, but it was never going to happen. They were family, best friends—friends who shared a bed every night because Theo couldn’t contain his nightmares. Nothing more.
We didn’t know much about what happened to Juniper. One day she was home, the next she was gone without a trace. Two years ago we hunted down a trafficking ring operating in our hometown. The ringleader was still in the business and we needed to find him. It was the only thing we had to go on to find Juniper.
The sun was rising by the time we gave up waiting. They hadn’t shown, and we were no closer to finding my sister, or the bastards who had taken her.
ChapterTwelve
Lavender
Iwoke gently, comfortable despite the lack of blankets and pillows. The sun had clearly started rising and pale orange light filtered through the slate grey curtains. I didn’t remember going to bed. I must have been truly exhausted, the emotional nature of the situation taking its toll. Rolling out of bed I padded over to the sleek, modern bathroom and did my business. I made quick work of brushing my teeth, thankful I didn’t feel quite as grimy anymore.
By the time I went to bed again, I would be home, safe in my own nest and this place with its bizarre pack would just be a distant memory. Fawn would probably be going insane with worry, she was that kind of omega. I hated the idea of her being upset I was gone, she was likely working herself into such a stress filled state because she cared so deeply.
I was rinsing my mouth when I heard the door open. Going still, I listened as someone walked into my room.Please don’t be Gage,I thought to myself, I didn't want a repeat of yesterday. Well, part of me did, but I wasn’t going to listen to my horny omega brain.
Taking a deep breath, I poked my head around the door, seeing the large alpha who had restrained me when I did my little jailbreak was standing in my room. Kane, I guessed from the general surly appearance. His hair was buzzed super short, but it only made his facial features look stronger. His arms were thicker than my thighs—no wonder I had been pathetic at fighting him. He looked like he could take me out merely with the strength of his pinky finger.
“Gage needs to talk to you,” he grumbled, turning back to the door, pausing when I didn’t follow and giving me a cold stare.
“Why?” I asked after him, hating how my voice shook. Everything about this alpha screamed pissed off, and I didn’t want to be on his bad side. Gage probably just wanted to talk about the logistics of going home…but something about Kane’s angry aura set me on edge.
Instead of replying he took two long strides over to me, grabbing me by the upper arm and physically dragged me out of the bathroom and bedroom with little effort. A warm leather scent engulfed me whilst his vise-like grip stung and I had no choice but to follow.
“That hurts!” I cried, letting a low, pathetically sad whine slip out. The sound made his steps falter for a brief second before he continued on, his grip just a touch lighter.
“You should have listened then,” he said as he pulled me down the hallway, back to the familiar den where I had seen the alphas sitting together during my escape attempt. It was sparsely furnished. There was no way they lived here permanently.
The whole pack was there, Archer and Theo both sitting down, Gage pacing around. They looked terrible; like they hadn’t slept in days. Gage had dark circles under his eyes, and they were bloodshot.
“Kane. Be gentle. Don’t take our shit mood out on her,” Gage ordered.
