Page 14 of Knot My Omega

They thought they could walk over with their good looks and panty-melting voices and declare I was their omega and I would just swoon in a puddle of slick.

Fuck that.

“Lily!” Rumor called. Holding Bernadette, she caught up to me and asked what was going on.

I shook from the inside out. My wolf wanted me to run back. To throw myself into their arms and trust what they were saying. That I belonged to them. I was their omega. Meant to be with them.

That they would respect my choices.

They were just words.

Alphas spewed lies all the time.

Or even if they meant it now, their respect would erode. Inch by inch, they would gain control over me like a frog in a slow-boiling pot. I wouldn’t know I was being cooked until it was too late.

Not this omega.

They didn’t call after me.

Didn’t say my name or try to stop me.

I got into the back seat of the truck and shut the door behind me. Rumor didn’t come in. I was glad for it. No one needed to see my tears.

Despite my resolve, my wolf knew they were my pack. I’d rejected them. It hurt. Constricted my lungs. Burned in my veins.

My wolf howled and clawed inside me, begging me to go back.

Run to them.

Let them be mine.

Saying no was the hardest thing I’d ever done.

Chapter Ten

Harlan

Lily’s words echoed in my head.

“I reject your proposal. I won’t be anyone’s omega. I won’t ever allow myself to be treated like shit again. By anyone. No one will ever own me.”

What had our female been through to make her think for one second we would mistreat her or try to own her in some way?

Who had hurt my omega?

“Goddamn it,” I said, scrubbing my hand down my face.

Roan and Benji fell silent.

“We scared her,” Benji said. “We somehow scared her? That’s all I can think of. Did we say something else wrong?”

I patted Benji’s back. “I don’t think it’s us.”

“What do you mean?” Roan regained some of the color in his face. Not all of it.

“Don’t you feel it? There was pain in her reaction. Someone hurt her. Someone treated her badly. Abused her. I don’t know.”

“Are you three okay?” One of the DarkShadow pack, Wilder, came up to speak to us, followed by the others. Their omega and their pup stayed near the truck, near Lily, but she didn’t make a move to get in.

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