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“We’re going.” Atlas’s power rocks my knees and solidifies my need to punch him in the ribs the second he lowers his guard. “Nothing’s more important than your safety, Lilah. Even if you hate me, I’ll keep you safe.”
“I’m not leaving campus.” I can’t emphasize that enough.
If I walk away with Wyvern Pack, I’ll lose the sliver of freedom I have left. I won’t have a choice of packs. I’ll have to go back to their cursed mansion, where Orion and I can sit around waiting for our next abduction.
I’m not going to fuck with my safety either, but come on.
Go back with them?
In what world is that safe? “Just help me find a trustworthy bodyguard. I’ll pay you back when I get my heat check.”
They flinch, and I’m petty enough to enjoy four out of five of their twisted faces.
Orion’s is the only one that feels sour.
“Lilah…” He touches my fingers.
I’m not expecting the jolt when our knuckles bump.
The electric-eel flutters when he holds his skin against mine.
My belly kickflips and I don’t know if it’s happiness or pure fucking dread.
Because I can resist the Wyvern Pack’s alphas.
I can grit my teeth and shut them out forever.
But Orion slips under my defenses like they never applied.
Orion can crack my heart like an egg and trick me into loving getting fucking fried.
And our chemistry’s so wild, I’m not the only one with yolk oozing out my ears. Orion’s scent spikes, all cider and apple-soaked need.
“This is the plan.” Atlas squares his feet, vein pulsing in his neck. “We—”
“Stop.” Hunter breaks formation.
Then he marches forward and majorly violates Alpha 101.
Don’t step between an alpha and his omega.
Atlas vibrates. “The hell are you doing?”
“What I should’ve done a long time ago.” Hunter pushes out a breath that flips the whole fucking table. “I’m challenging you for pack leader.”
TEN
HUNTER
Wrongness buzzes through my veins.
The unraveling of our pack bond.
The sad-sack state of my brothers.
And boiling fucking rage after watching Lilah being chased. The blood on her knees and the fingerprint bruises on her pale arms.
I’ll rip down the motherfucking sun to keep this from happening again.
