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She nearly fell out, but he caught her. The scream that she belted out was loud enough that it reverberated through the trees.
She lashed out at the assault, her fist met his cheek. He didn’t even react as he held her in one arm and reached inside for the bottle with his free hand.
“This is what you were going to do to Lake?” he demanded. He was angrier than I’d ever seen him. She was going to hurt our packmate and he wasn’t having it.
“Riven, you’re going to hurt her,” Drew’s words were firm enough to get Riven’s attention.
We both walked closer, trying to get her away from him when the door flew open as Lake ran outside. He looked half asleep, his hair mussed and his eyes blinking rapidly as he tried to see what was happening.
“What the fuck is going on out here? What did you do?”
“Lake!” she sobbed, pushing her way out of our hold and rushing to him.
He held her close and glared at us. This was not how I saw this night going out. What the hell was even happening?
“What the fuck, guys?” he demanded before soothing her with a hushed voice. “Hey, they’re not going to hurt you. These are my friends.”
“She was going to hurt you,” Riven said, his voice was so deep and gravelly from being angry that Lake froze. His eyebrows drew up in confusion.
It only took Riven holding out what was in his hand for Lake to let her go and look at her like she had ripped his own heart out. His hand went to his chest and his voice broke as he spoke to her.
“Shaye? Tell me that’s not true,” he begged. “You promised you’d be here in the morning.”
“I wasn’t going to do it, not anymore.”
“‘Not anymore,’” he repeated as he took another step from her. We all went to him, pressing in close to offer comfort.
She was crying now as we faced off with her. She was also angry.
With shaking hands she pulled the gold-frame glasses off of her face. She started pacing between us and I froze as her scent hit me. Shaye smelled of summer sun, citrus, and herbs.
It was a bright mix, and it hit me right square in the chest.
She was my scent match. We were mates.
She was so angry that she didn’t notice it but we all did. Riven and Drew had tensed beside me.
We shared a look, and I knew what they were feeling.
Not only was Lake our pack, but she was our omega.
An omega that was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
“We need to call an ambulance or something. She needs to go to a hospital,” Riven said without letting the news impact him. The way he shut himself off was always startling but right now he was right.
“Look, we can get you help, Shaye,” I said, trying to soften the truth.
She turned and squared up with us. She was a lot shorter, so she had to look up at Riven as she put her focus on him.
The fire in her gaze should have burned him alive but he was thriving on it, meeting her with the same level of anger and indignation.
“I fucking said that I wasn’t going to do it anymore.” Her screech of protest was loud enough it echoed in the night.
“Then prove it. Go flush it down the toilet,” he challenged as he crossed his arms over his chest.
“Fine,” she bit out, taking the bottle from him and stalking inside. He was on her heels, both of them brushing past Lake to go inside.
It was the most insane encounter that I’ve ever had in my life. I didn’t know how to unpack it all.
