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My normally playful beta made fresh tears stream down my face. He leaned forward and kissed me softly. “I know everyone else agrees with me. Now, let’s get you home and cleaned up.”
“I need to wash his scent off you.” Xavier’s chest vibrated against me, a growl reverberating from his throat. “You are ours. Our scent is the only ones that belong on you, not some pissant abusive Society alpha bitch.”
“That was a mouthful,” I muttered, trying to poke at something to lessen the tension thickening in the car.
“Alena, love.” Simon twisted in the front seat. His jaw was clenched as his nostrils flared in anger. “Mated alphas are very territorial with their omegas. We’ve marked you, you are ours in every way. We can’t stand another male’s scent on your skin.”
Elias’ knuckles turned white as he gripped the wheel tighter. “We need to remove it when we get home. He touched your face. He frightened you and it tainted your scent with fear. As your mates, we have to set things right.”
“I want you to replace his scent,” I whispered, my throat raw with emotions. Ryan’s scent lingered in my nostrils, making me want to vomit with every breath. I wanted fresh cut grass, and dark woods, and the ocean to replace it, for my inner omega to be content again with her mates.
The car turned silent except for the swish of the windshield wipers. Xavier cracked open the window and the fresh rain replaced some of the sour milk scent that lingered around me.
The long driveway came into view, and Elias barely slowed until we pulled up to the front door. Xavier opened the door as soon as he had put the car in gear and carried me into the house and straight to the enormous master bathroom.
“I promise you, I’ll make this better, Alena,” Xavier rumbled, his words laced with pain. “I’ll make it right and it will never happen ever again.”
My heart trusted him and the rest of my guys implicitly.
But my head still fed me doubts. Dylan would find a way to get to me.
Then what would my future hold?
CHAPTER26
Elias
My blood was boiling in my veins like liquid fire. How had someone with a connection to that bastard Dylan make it into the charity gala? It was unacceptable, and I was going to make sure heads rolled.
I stayed in the car for a few moments after Xavier exited with Alena, just trying to catch my breath and calm my temper. It would do no good to tend to our omega when I was so angry I was about to explode.
Simon remained with me and Julian nodded briefly at me through the rear-view mirror before following Xavier.
“We need to find out where this fucking Dylan is and take him out,” I growled, my chest vibrating with the intensity of my fury.
“Agreed.” Simon nodded as he scrubbed a hand over his jaw. “But right now, we need to take a step back and care for Alena. Tomorrow we can begin the hunt for her ex and take care of the bastard at the party.”
I inclined my head in agreement, trying desperately to control my rage. Simon was right. Alena needed us tonight, and we needed to get the stench of his hands off her body. We might not be able to be entirely gentle, but we would show her with our bodies how she belonged to us, and not those Society bastards.
“Let’s go. Xavier probably already has her in the shower.” Simon clasped me on the shoulder before opening the car door.
With one final deep exhale, I followed him inside.
Climbing up the stairs, I counted backward in my head. Focusing on numbers sometimes helped me control my emotions. But that only worked until I started making a list of things to do tomorrow.
Including a call to my parents.
They were more than aware of the situation and had begun making inquiries about Alena’s family and her former fiance. Now, we’d have to speed up the timeline. Something I knew Papa would be all for.
Like Xavier, my Papa had a penchant toward knives when it came to alphas who abused omegas.
“Stop thinking so hard,” Simon shook his head as we approached the door to the main master bedroom. The en suite bathroom attached to Alena’s room was spectacular, but the one in my room put all the bathrooms in the house to shame.
“Too much to do.” I ran my fingers through my hair, tossing the strands into an even messier arrangement. “But I’m going to turn it off now. We have an omega to care for.”
Simon nodded, and we padded on quiet feet to join Xavier and Julian in the bathroom.
Xavier held a sobbing Alena on his lap on the tiled bench while water from the overhead faucet rained down over them. He held her close, his chest rumbling with a purr as he murmured soft, encouraging words to her.
