Page 78 of Unhinged Omega

"Goddammit, Raven!" I roar, grabbing his wrist and slamming it back down onto the control panel, crushing my entire upper body against his back and shoulders even though it means grinding my dick harder against his ass. "I'm trying to save your life, you ungrateful little shit!"

"I don't want you to save my life!" he snarls back. "I want you to help me saveher!"

The raw desperation in his voice catches me off guard. So does the fact he isn't making stupid remarks about our compromising position. I've never heard him sound like this before.

Not even when...

Nope. I'm not going there.

Another violent shake nearly sends us both flying. The alpha's relentless assault is taking its toll on Betty. I can hear her engine sputtering, feel the way she's starting to list to one side.My heart aches for my beautiful war machine, but I push the feeling aside. I need to focus on getting us out of this alive.

GettingRavenout of this alive.

"Maybe if you'd gone with something speedier—" Raven starts, but I cut him off by grabbing a fistful of his golden hair and pressing his face harder against the radio buttons as he snarls in rage. It just makes the music louder, the squealing guitar lancing through my aching head. But not so loud I don't have to listen to the alpha disemboweling my pride and joy.

"Are you fucking criticizing yourrescue vehicle?" I snap, still struggling with Betty's throttle as Raven continues trying to squirm out from under me. "You know what? Next time I'll just leave your ass to die. How's that sound?"

Raven has the audacity to look offended. "I'm a Leo-Virgo cusp! I can't help being critical!"

"I thought you were just a fucking Leo?"

Now he lookstouched."You remembered?"

"You never shut up about it!"

Another blow rocks the tank. A massive scythe-like claw punches through the wall, inches from my face. I roll, pulling Raven with me, and I end up flat on my back in the dirt with Raven clutched to my chest as the roaring alpha continues tearing Betty apart like he thinks we're still inside. Or it's because his iron claws are stuck in the now flaming engine compartment.

Fan-fucking-tastic.

Now there'snorescue vehicle.

The air explodes from my lungs as Raven's elbow connects with my solar plexus. My arms go slack and he slips free, scrambling to his feet before I can recover. By the time I suck in a ragged breath, he's already sprinting toward the tower.

"Fuck!" I bellow, struggling to my feet.

My legs are shaky, muscles protesting after being crammed in that tin can of a tank. But I force them to move, to chase after that golden-haired idiot before he gets himself killed.

Slippery little shit. He's always been faster than me. But desperation lends me speed, and I'm slowly gaining ground. The tower looms ahead, impossibly tall. A monument to Nikolai's ego.

I can see the holes the monster tore in the base. They gape like open wounds, jagged metal and shattered concrete spilling out onto the tarmac. Raven's heading straight for one of them.

"Raven!" I roar. "Stop, you fucking moron!"

He doesn't even look back. Just keeps running, golden hair streaming behind him like a banner. Like he thinks he's some kind of hero in one of those stupid stories he's always going on about.

But this isn't a fairy tale. There's no happily ever after waiting for him in that tower. Just death, if he's lucky.

And if he's not...

I push myself harder, ignoring the burning in my lungs. I'm not built for this kind of sprint. Give me a good brawl any day over this track and field bullshit. But I'll be damned if I let him get away from me now.

Not when I came all this way to save his scrawny ass.

Chapter

Twenty

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