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He had no right, and now she was more likely to panic.

That wasn’t why I’d left, though.

I needed time to prepare. I needed time to come up with a good enough mask so that she wasn’t scared when I finally brought it up to her. I had to find a way to play it off, to make it not that bad.

I paused, feeling a little flare from the bond. I narrowed my eyes, tugging an earbud from my ear and peeking into it as the elevator music faded.

Oh.

There was a legit tornado going on in there—a complete mess.

Was Zed…?

Uh… Both of them?

Ha.

I grinned. Fucking idiots.

Glade was about to get one hell of a treat.

Hmm… this was a good thing.

Definitely.

I put my earbuds back in, letting the elevator music soothe my anxiety as I locked the bond back down.

The rail ran until the early hours of the morning. By the time I got back, they’d all be one happy family.

28

GLADE

The loud crash at my back signalled one of the Alphas on my tail.

I wouldn’t get far, even as I sprinted toward the huge warehouse and toward the living room at top speed. A low growl rose across the huge warehouse and I heard thundering footsteps behind me.

Thrill lit my veins, a strange freedom I’d never felt.

I shrieked as a fist closed in my hair and a body crashed into mine. I didn’t know how I got there, but I was on the hard concrete, pinned by a fist with a huge weight above me as another ripped at my pants.

I writhed beneath Zed’s grip, but next thing, the weight was gone with a vicious snarl.

Spinning on my back, I saw Knight tossing Zed to the side, blown pupils fixed on me. I scrambled back, a desperate whine in my throat.

I wanted them to chase me and catch me.

I couldn’t explain it. I just needed it.

Turning, I tried to scramble to my feet, but Knight was on me in an instant. Unlike Zed, Knight didn’t falter when Zed’s weight crashed into him. I was pinned, while Zed tried to throw him off me. I caught a glimpse of the fight. Of Zed catching Knight by the throat, and Knight using all his strength to shove him back.

Without much warning at all, my leggings were a non-issue, there was a sharp sting as my underwear was torn off without a thought, and I let out a whimper of shock as Knight impaled me.

Zed was picking himself back up as Knight began to fuck me mercilessly, cock already soaked with the obscene amount of slick I’d produced.

Fuck.

I could see Zed from where I was pinned, assessing us in a split second, clearly trying to figure out what he could do. There was a raging erection in his jeans, but it was freed quickly as he crashed to the ground beside me, grabbing me by the hair.

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