Page 83 of Knot Unwanted: Part Two

“Yeah,” I agree. “We do.”

He smiles, a rare, genuine smile that transforms his features.

By the time we finish in the shower, I’m clean but exhausted, my injuries making themselves known with vicious clarity. Stone helps me dry off, then disappears into the bedroom, returning moments later with a first-aid kit and some of my old clothes that I’d left at the cabin.

“Jax wants you patched up before you join them,” he explains, setting the supplies on the counter.

I nod, too tired to argue. Stone works efficiently, cleaning and bandaging the worst of my injuries, applying antibiotic ointment to the gash on my temple, wrapping my ribs tightly to support the cracked ones.

When he’s done, he helps me into a pair of loose sweatpants, leaving my torso bare due to the bandages. “Ready?” he asks.

I take a deep breath, steadying myself for what comes next. For rejoining the pack fully, completely, in the most intimate way possible. “Ready.”

We exit the bathroom to find the scene in the nest has evolved. Hailey is on her hands and knees, Jax behind her, his powerful body moving in a steady rhythm that has her crying out with each thrust. Finn lies beneath her, kissing her, swallowing her moans as his hands caress her breasts.

The sight is beautiful. Perfect. My body responds instantly, despite the pain, despite the exhaustion.

Jax looks up as we approach, his eyes dark with desire but also concern as he takes in my bandaged state. He nods once, an invitation.

“Stone,” Hailey whispers, her voice breaking between a moan and a whimper.

Stone crosses to her immediately, cupping her face as he presses a kiss to her lips. “We were so worried,” he murmurs against her hair, a hand smoothing down her spine toward where Jax steadies her by the hips. “I’m so glad you’re safe.”

Hailey clings to him, unwilling to let go, her fingers gripping his shirt with surprising strength. The reunion seems to momentarily give her some clarity.

“Don’t leave,” she pleads, looking up at him with eyes bright with unshed tears. “Please stay close.”

I don’t realize that during all this, I’ve moved closer. The moment I’m within reach, Hailey’s hand shoots out, grasping mine, pulling me closer.

“Ren,” she gasps, her eyes finding mine through the haze of pleasure. “You’re here.”

“I’m here,” I confirm, squeezing her hand. “I told you, baby. I’m not going anywhere.”

She smiles, the expression radiant even through the flush of heat and exertion. “Good,” she breathes, then gasps as Jax hits a particularly sensitive spot. “Because I need…I need you.”

Finn reaches for me too, his hand settling on my thigh. “We all do,” he says, his gaze intense with meaning. “Need you with us, Ren. Always have.”

Something warm unfurls in my chest at their words, at the physical connection of pack surrounding me,wantingme. Despite my flaws…despite my mistakes…despite my damage.

“I’m yours,” I tell them, the words feeling like coming home. “All of yours.”

Stone pulls me closer, his arm snaking me in. “And we’re yours,” he murmurs, pressing a kiss to my shoulder. “Always have been.”

Jax meets my eyes over Hailey’s arched back, his gaze steady and sure. “Pack,” he says simply.

The word echoes between us.

Home. Pack. Mine.

Chapter 18

Hailey

The heat doesn’t just burn. It devours. It claws through my veins like molten metal, the brief moments of clarity vanishing before I can even catch my breath. Each wave hits harder than the last, leaving me dizzy and desperate, my skin hypersensitive to the point of pain. Hands on my fevered flesh feel like salvation and torture at the same time, every touch sending lightning through my nerves. My body isn’t my own anymore. It’s a vessel of pure, primal need, slick dripping down my thighs no matter how many times they bring me to release.

I’m perpetually slick, my core clenching painfully around emptiness whenever I’m not being filled. The sheets beneath me are soaked through with sweat and slick, the scent of my arousal so thick in the air I can taste it with every desperate breath.

All I know is them. My alphas. My omega mate. My pack. All Ineedis them.

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