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Finn lifts Lilah to his chest, watching her like she’s the only creature in the world. He noses her scalp, and when he squeezes her tight, I know he’s ready to die for her.
I step up.
I’m pack leader, and my instincts scream that I should be the one to carry her to safety.
Finn snarls when I come too close, fucking feral at the thought of not touching her for a second.
If we lose Lilah, we lose our entire goddamned pack.
FINN
Everyone moves, but they’re all shapes in smoke except for a single light.
Lilah’s haloed in silver. But, like, shimmering silver. Moonlight and fairy dust and sparkling shit that lights a fire inside me.
She smells like candy.
But she’s hurt, and I’m killing every single motherfucker who looks at her wrong, maybe even my brothers.
I warn off Atlas and carry her to the chopper, holding her in my lap.
“Lilah.” Orion crouches next to us, but there’s a little gold in him, a spot of sunshine that says he’s not a threat. For a second, I can feel his pain, screaming through our pack bond.
I grunt.
He’s worthy of her.
Me…not, but she’s mine anyway.
And the others?
Fuck them. They did this.
“Later,” I say, stroking my mate’s soft, silky hair, cradling her in my arms. “Remind me what the fuck you all said to my star.”
Hunter growls as the chopper lifts. “You want to start with that shit when you’re the one who dragged us out last night?”
Fair point.
But I never said I wasn’t an asshole.
I don’t give a shit about might-have-beens, and there’s not enough fucking paper to write down all the shit I’ve done wrong.
Doesn’t matter.
Nothing else matters but Lilah in my arms and Orion at my feet.
She’s mine.
Maybe someday, she’ll be ours, but these fuckers can work out their own baggage.
My destiny is a five-foot omega with sharp knives, sweet smiles, and a scent that gives me life.
I’m never letting her go.
HUNTER
I fly the chopper so hard the engine screams. Pretty sure we could crash in a fireball and Finn would keep Lilah safe, even if he’s charred to Hades.
