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“Trust me, I’m the farthest thing from an omega princess. If that's what you’re after you really should have looked elsewhere. Then again, pretty, popular omegas usually have guards with them at all times,” I grumbled. Talking was a distraction from the enclosed, highly scented space I was sitting in.
Kane only chuckled in response. The doors opened again and I felt movement as the other two got into the front set. I could already recognise their scents but I couldn't figure out who was driving and who was in the passenger seat.
“How long until we’re there? I’m so tired. I don’t know what you gave me but it’s taking forever to leave my system.”
Kane moved, I could hear the fabric of his clothes rustling. “Drink this. You need to be hydrated.” He handed me the bottle and I easily navigated unscrewing the lid and taking a long drink, despite the blindfold. It wasn’t until I had the rim against my lips I realised how thirsty I was, chugging until the water was empty. Moments ago he had been laughing at me, and now he was helping me? Grumpy was giving me whiplash.
“Thank you,” I gasped. Holding the empty bottle in my lap, unsure of where to put it.
When Gage turned a corner particularly hard, I tilted over, and Archer had to hold out a hand to keep me steady. The lack of vision wasn’t helping my stability.
ChapterThirteen
Lavender
It felt like a decade later when we finally pulled up at the compound. My elbow ached from Kane holding it in a death grip, like he thought I was going to break free and take a leap out of a moving vehicle. Unfortunately I wasn’t brave enough for that, otherwise I would have given it a shot. A deep feeling of unease was settling in my gut.
True Crime 101 - don’t let your captors take you to a second location, and what was I doing? Letting them take me to a second location. Was it actually their pack house they were taking me to, or somewhere discreet to chop me up into itty bitty bits?
Either way, I didn’t have the strength or smarts to get out of this situation just yet, so my best bet was to go with the flow.
“Okay, Lavvy girl. We’re here.”
“Those roads are terrible,” I groused. My ass hurt from bumping around in the seat so much on the way up. The jostling movement combined with being in a small space drenched in various alpha scents was getting my omega side all worked up. I was doing my best to control it, taking deep, slow breaths and praying I didn’t perfume all over the place. I would rather avoid that humiliation.
“We’re fairly out in the sticks. Here, take my hand, I’ll help you out of the van.” I felt Archer grab my hand gently, leading me out of the vehicle. Once I was at the edge he held me by the hips, and lifted me to the ground with an ease that, as much as I didn’t want to admit it, impressed me and warmed me to the core.
“It’s just a short walk to the house and then we can take the blindfold off,” Archer assured me. After only one step I tripped over a rock. The ground was rough, made of dirt, and hard to navigate - more so without visibility.
Archer cursed and I could hear rustling before my legs were taken out from under me and I was airborne again as I was swung into Archer’s arms. “It’ll be easier this way.”
He ignored my little squeak of surprise at the sudden movement.
I didn’t want to like being in his arms. I wanted to hate it. He had betrayed me, and yet despite the blindfold, surrounded by his sweet scent I wanted to nestle my face into the crook of his neck.
Once we entered the building, Archer gently placed me on my feet, deftly removing the blindfold. Squinting in the sudden light, I took in the room around me. Minimal, clear, and striking. There were no scent blockers here—each facet of the pack’s scent coated every surface in sight, drowning me in their presence. This had to be their pack home, they had clearly spent a lot of time here. At least they weren’t lying about that. “It smells, uh, strongly in here,” I choked out. There was another scent. Beta. Faint, feminine.
“I’ll show you to your space,” Archer said, his hand on my back to guide me. He went to turn down a corridor but Kane interrupted him.
“Put her in the south room. Not the downstairs suit.” He gave Archer a firm look, and the two of them looked at each other for a moment, silently communicating before Archer nodded.
Footsteps alerted me to someone's presence behind me “The room you’ll be in hasn’t been touched in months, so there should be no residual scent there. We’ll also get some scent cancelling air fresheners,” Gage reassured me as he came in behind us, carrying a duffel bag. “Arch, go help Theo unload. I’ll show Lavender her room.” He threw his duffel into the corner, gesturing to the giant staircase, letting me go before him.
“Thanks,” I muttered, then hesitated, why was I being polite to my kidnappers?
“I had a friend of ours drop off some women’s clothing and toiletries for you, also some extra bedding. I don’t know exactly what else an omega needs to be comfortable, but just tell us and we’ll order whatever you need. I don’t want you to suffer while you’re here.”
Sensing my hesitation, Gage gave me a nudge before leading the way, going up the stairs, through several corridors until we made it to the room they had assigned me.
My room did smell a lot cleaner than the rest of the house—no cloying alpha scents stuck to every surface. Ignoring the small part of me that lamented the loss of that delicious cacophony of scents I padded into the room, taking in the brand-new pillows and blankets, still in their plastic. I smiled to myself, happy to have some comfort items again.
The room was small, the walls painted a basic beige, but it was clean and nice enough. For a prison cell, anyway.
“Kane is ordering some food, I’ll bring some up when it arrives,” Gage told me as he walked across the room, opening the small wooden door to the connecting bathroom so I could see. “You’ve got everything you should need here.”
“A gun?” I asked, trying not to laugh.
Gage just glowered at me. “Anything within reason…” he reaffirmed.
