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Fuck it, I’m going back to the hotel room, except as soon as I think about it, it’s too late.

Five huge security guards swarm in faster than I can imagine. I whirl to run, but another one clotheslines me with a massive concrete arm. I scramble up, letting out a scream, but two of the giants in black suits slam me face first to the ground. They have superior skills, pinning me to the floor before I even realise what’s happened.

Uley Ethel walks out of the staff area, his shoes clicking on the marble. He pulls a phone out of his suit pocket as he coldly peruses me.

I bare my teeth and struggle against the hands holding me to the cold marble.

“Let me go!” I shout.

“Yes, Alpha, we have her. We’re on route to you now.”

“You asshole!” I scream at the ridiculous little man. “You can’t do this! They will kill you!” I spit out, promising his death.

He ignores me and points to the door.

I scream and fight them, but it makes no difference. They are too big and too strong, and there is no one to help me. I’m lifted onto my feet, and when I let my body go limp, they simply hold me up like I weigh nothing.

I’m dragged out of the hotel and towards the private guest houses behind the massive building. The path we take is one that is fairly well hidden and not well known. These guest houses cost small fortunes to rent, and that bad feeling I have gets worse and worse. Kelly rents one of these guest houses, so I know the layout fairly well, but the one they drag me into has a huge lounge room. All the other doors are closed, the furniture is low and expensive, and it’s very tastefully arranged.

I’d be impressed any other day.

However, as soon as the door peels open, my panic grows until there is almost nothing else. It’s not like I’d forgotten, but I’d been so busy with the pack that I hadn’t consciously remembered. In my hand, I carefully open my phone without looking and press a series of buttons I’ve memorised.

I think of the alphas and my omega in bed and feel a moment of deep, intense regret.

He walks quickly, his steps clapping out an angry refrain. The suit looks far too hot in this environment, but that doesn’t ever bother him. No, hell would look like a sauna to this alpha.

He reaches out, waving everyone away. The body guards let go of me, stepping back like well-trained dogs. Uley has his back pressed against the wall, watching with glowing, hungry eyes like the sick fuck he is.

My father, Typhor Raines, reaches out casually and grips my wrist so hard he grinds the bones together as he yanks me to him. The message to Kelly has gone through. Not a moment too soon because my phone goes flying and vanishes across the other side of the room.

My mother, who I had not noticed against the wall, let’s out a cry and lifts a hand towards me before stopping, remembering her place and stepping back, her hands clasped and her eyes averted. In the corner of the room, standing beside Uley, I spot Tara, but she’s not smiling. No, her face is white and strained, and she’s shaking.

My father’s eyes glow with a demonic light as glares down at me.

“Auryn, did you really think you could escape me?”

Chapter forty-three

Ryn

Trust is the hardestgift to give- Ryn Raines

“You’re an omega,” my father sneers.

The menace in those words, the sheer rage, makes my mouth go dry and leaves me feeling like my legs won’t work properly.

I yank my wrist, but he’s got me too tight. “Let go of me.”

“You’re coming home with us.”

I look over my shoulder and see the pack I ran from, the pack he tried to sell me to. The security nods politely and disappears as they go to take their places outside the property.

“Not happening. I’m bonded,” I hiss out in giddy relief. “You can’t just sell me.”

He rears back, and before I can register, his hand cracks across my face.

“We saw the photos. I couldn’t imagine you’d be so selfish, so stupid. I raised you to be better.”

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