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“Lavender…”
“Why?” I reiterated.
“I don’t hate you!” he snarled. “I like you—toomuch.” He threw his metal water bottle roughly onto the floor, the clattering noise echoing throughout the gym.
I didn’t react, didn’t flinch, instead I just stared at him. A month or two ago I wouldn’t have been able to look at him without shaking, but I knew there was no way he could hurt me. I had just listed the many ways this large, surly alpha had been caring and overprotective over the last few months.
Kane was like a teenager who had never really dated, and didn’t know what to do with the big feelings he was having. I liked him a lot, despite his brutish nature—who was I kidding, I liked himbecauseof his brutish yet caring nature.
He could toss me around a room and snuggle me after, what omega wouldn’t want that?
“I like you as well,” I admitted with a shrug. He stilled, looking at me with wide, wild eyes. “Talk to me. What’s stopping you from actually talking to me?”
“We kidnapped you.”
“Yes, I am aware of that,” I replied simply, ignoring his bewildered look.
“You’re not safe with us.”
“I am, you’ve made that clear several times in fact,” I shrugged. Just batting down his questions felt like the best method for dealing with him.
“Lavender…”
“Kane.”
His mouth opened and closed several times as he attempted to find the words.
I sighed, walking closer to him, his dark leathery smell growing in intensity with every inch I got closer. He was the tallest of the pack so he towered over me. Up close I could make out the little flecks of amber in his green eyes.
This alpha had been so growly and grumpy at me, yet in his presence I didn’t feel in danger—I felt safe.
“Forget about packs for a moment, Kane. If this is just about you and me, what would you want?”
Kane grumbled. “You know full well what I want.”
“No, use your words, grumpy. Talk to me,” I said gently. Of all the guys, Kane was the hardest to talk to, he maintained such a stoic attitude, it was infuriating at times.
“You! Isn’t that obvious? I’ve said I like you a lot—why are you so stubborn about this?” He growled.
“Me, stubborn?!” I asked incredulously. “Youhave been a stubborn ass when it comes to your feelings. Ugh! Why do I feel like we’re talking in circles? You like me, I like you—so why are you so mad? Because you like metoomuch?”
“You’re fucking the whole pack,” Kane said as he looked around the room. His face held no anger. “You justfit. You fit in a way my sister never would have. She wouldn’t have spent hours with Theo discussing how to dispose of a body, or gone toe to toe with Gage when he was being an ass. You fit, Lavender, better than I ever thought anyone could and frankly that scares the shit out of me.”
“I’m fuckingyourpack, Kane. I know you don’t want to admit it, but they are.” I sighed, running my hand through my hair before placing my hand on Kane’s forearm. I expected him to flinch, to back away, but he didn’t. His words held a lot of truth, I had slotted into life with this pack in a way I had never expected. “I’m going into heat now, and yes I fully intend to spend it with the pack—and I want you to be included in that. If you’re not ready I won’t be mad, but just know I want you there despite everything we’ve been through. Don’t join unless you’re serious about your place in the pack, that’ll just be cruel to them—you’re many things Kane, but you’re not cruel.”
I lifted up onto my tiptoes and placed a gentle peck on Kane’s cheek while he looked at me, startled.
“Also this room smells like sex on a stick thanks to you getting all workout sweaty, so I can’t really stick around unless you plan on fucking me sensless, because this shit is potent.” I waved my arm around the room.
Kane’s eyes darkened at my words, and I resisted the urge to grin in triumph at the impact my words had on him.
I needed to find an alpha willing to satisfy my impending heat—luckily there were a few of those around.
* * *
After leaving Kane to his own devices and giving him time to think things through, I padded through the house on the hunt for Theo.
The cramps were increasing in intensity, and the urge to grab the nearest alpha and drag him onto the nearest flat surface to fulfil an urge was only getting stronger. I didn’t bother to knock as I strode into Theo’s room—I was on a mission. Only an hour earlier I had been grumbling about being sore and tired out. The last thing I had wanted was more sex. Now the heat hormones were kicking in and I was clamouring for more orgasms and knots.
