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Chapter4
Everleigh
Lawrence is in the garden.
The patio, I think. It’s only a matter of time before he finds me down here. Or one of his staff will.
Whirling around, I grab the hedge and drag myself up, a little higher than I did before I lose my grip and plunge to the ground. I land hard on my ass with a yelp.
This time, tears of frustration don’t well in my eyes. They fall.
I can’t do it.
There’s nothing I want more than to get away, and I can’tdoit.
But I refuse to give up. I can’t go back to Lawrence.
I justcan’t.
Shoving myself to my feet, I grab the hedge and pull myself up.
Only to fall just as fast and just as hard.
I’m sitting on my ass with my hands covering my face, trying to stuff the tears back inside before I attempt another escape, when I hear it.
“Little omega?”
Yanking my hands from my tear-stained face, I snap my head to the right. They retreated a few steps, but they didn’t return to the house.
Rune studies me with a furrowed brow and his warm amber eyes creased in concern. He seems to read my desperation. “There’s a better way to freedom if that’s what you want.”
I can’t trust him. I can’t trustanyalpha. All I want is a house with a contained room where I can get myself through heats so I never have to see another alpha again for as long as I live.
And my sister Della. That’s it.
Surely that’s not too much to want.
Footsteps are hurrying to this quiet corner of Lawrence’s landscaped garden. The sound of my name drifting in the wind grows louder. And closer.
“Everleigh!”
“Has anyone seen Lawrence’s omega? She’s missing.”
“Everleigh!”
I meet Rune’s concerned amber gaze, and it hits me I have to trust him if I want to get away. My eyes settle on those powerful shoulders. Those massive hands. And I swallow hard.
He could really hurt me. Maybe even kill me.
He drops into a crouch a foot away, as if trying to make himself smaller as Cian and Kylian retreat a couple of steps. Giving me more room to breathe. They must know—or suspect—if they move any closer, I’ll have another one of those extreme overreactions.
It would be the height of stupidity to trust any alpha after all the ways Lawrence hurt me. And especially one as big as Rune.
“Little omega, will you let us take you away from here?” His voice is surprisingly gentle for such a big alpha.
Desperation is about to make me do something stupid. I just know it.
I don’t believe he will tell me the truth, but I still ask, “You won’t try to keep me?”
