Page 47 of Knot Unwanted: Part Two

No, no, no?—

He drags me back the way I came, my toes scrabbling for purchase on the slick floor. The room where Ren is being held comes into view, the door still hanging open.

And inside?—

Veyra Heath.

She stands perfectly composed, arms crossed, lips pursed in displeasure. Next to her, the alpha, the one that smells wrong, Caldwell, his face flushed with anger.

“What thehellhappened here?” Veyra snaps as the beta shoves me forward. I stumble, crashing to my knees at her feet.

“Sheattackedme,” the beta snarls, clutching his ruined eye. “Bitch jammed a fucking syringe in my?—”

“Shut up. I don’t care.” Veyra’s voice is ice. “Go deal with it. And send someone to clean up this mess.”

The beta hesitates, glaring down at me with undisguised hatred. “What about?—?”

“Go.”

He leaves, muttering curses under his breath. The door clicks shut behind him, sealing me in with Veyra, Robert Caldwell, and?—

Ren.

I can feel his gaze on me through the glass, burning hotter than the heat coursing through my veins. But I can’t look at him. Can’t let them see that Iremember.

“Pathetic,” Caldwell mutters, adjusting his cuffs with trembling fingers. “This is what I paid for? A feral bitch who can’t even?—”

“She’s inheat, Robert,” Veyra interrupts smoothly. “Surely you’ve seen an omega react to induction drugs before?”

His jaw tightens. “Not like this.”

Veyra sighs, stepping toward me. She crouches, tilting my chin up with one perfectly manicured finger.

“Look at me, omega.”

I do, because I have no choice. Her eyes are fathomless, cold. No mercy there.

“Do you know where you are?”

I shake my head. Lie.

“Good.” She smiles. “Do you know whoIam?”

Another shake.

“Even better.” Her gaze flicks to Caldwell. “And him? Do you remember Alpha Caldwell?”

I hesitate. Too long.

Veyra’s fingers tighten on my chin, her nails digging in. “Answer me.”

“N-no,” I whisper.

Lie.Lie.

Caldwell exhales sharply. “She’s lying.”

Veyra studies me for a long moment before releasing me with a shove. “Perhaps.” She straightens, brushing invisible lint from her clothes. “But it doesn’t matter now. The drugs have done their job. She’s pliant.Receptive.” Her lips curl. “And very,veryready for you, Robert.”

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