Page 19 of Knot Enough
“The way Kane’s spunk dripped from her pussy. I love that shit,” he hummed. He dragged a finger up my used pussy, and I twitched. I held my breath in anticipation as I waited for what would happen next. Everyone but Rath had come. That thing buried deep within me needed all of them to come to make it whole. Instead of taking me, his footsteps carried him in the opposite direction.
“You’re not going to take your turn?” That’s Oak.
“She isn’t worthy of my knot,” Rath snapped, and I flinched as if slapped.
“No one said you had to. You can just have fun,” Oak urged. I hated that I wanted him to convince Rath. I could kick myself over it later. Right now, my instincts were in charge, and they wanted him. Getting up, I turned around and sat down. I tilted my head back and found Rath’s gaze on me. His lip was curled, and his cold grey eyes hurled insults.
“It disgusts me,” he spat. His words hurt more than the throbbing wound on my stomach.
Without another word, he turned from me and walked out of my cage. I whimpered as the creature within me cracked and splintered under his rejection before it slithered back into the depths. Shame returned and rolled down my cheeks. I was familiar with being disgusted with myself. It was something I lived with every day. I pulled my knees into my chest and wrapped my arms around my legs as a chill made its way downmy body. Liquid rolled down my thighs, and I dropped my forehead to my arms as I waited for them to leave.
NINE
I reached up, twisting the light bulb into the socket. Light flickered, and I continued screwing until it was secure. I exhaled slowly and turned around. Rath had been following me since I’d last fed her. The asshole was probably keeping an eye on me so I wouldn’t release her.
If they weren’t letting her go, then I’d try to make her more comfortable. I rolled my shoulders and turned back to her.
Goosebumps dusted her skin, and I tore my gaze from her luscious nude body. Her bowed head was buried in her arm. A fine tremble coursed over her shoulders and caused a sour taste to spread on my tongue.
Mom’s mistreatment bubbled to the surface of my memory. Her pack, my fathers, kept her in torment . . .
“Let’s go, Axe,” Rath said from the door. Moving my feet became impossible.
Leaving her like this was wrong.
“She’s fucking cold.”
His silence was loud as fuck. It would have been better if he’d said something.
Kane sighed and, with a final glance at me, he exited out the door with stiff strides. He pounded up the steps. He could be aspissed as he wanted, but he started all of this. If he hadn’t lost control, we wouldn’t be here.
Another tremble wracked her body, and my stomach seized.
“Axel,” Rath barked out.
I gritted my teeth to hold back the growl.
“I’m not leaving her.”
Her head lifted, and she peeked up at me with watering eyes. Meeting the deep brown gaze strengthened my resolve.
“She needs a warm bath.”
“Let the bitch marinate.” The snide comment caused her lower lip to tremble. Instead of addressing his comment, which would only launch us into an argument, I crouched and swooped her into my arms, cradling her close to my chest.
Skin to skin with her . . . this felt right. The urge to pull her closer until she fused with me prodded at my instinct. Something shifted my insides like an uncoiling beast waking. An old creaky part that I never thought would quake for a female rose to the surface, leaking through my veins at an alarming rate.
A missing piece.
I’d never felt this way. Even towards Kim.
My fingers curled into her flesh, and she stiffened. She felt like she would break.
I ground my teeth together and inhaled deeply, her bitter scent burning my nose. Scaring her wasn’t an option. I cleared my throat.Focus on getting her comfortable.
I hated how stiff she was. She should be relaxed in my arms. Climbing the steps two at a time until I arrived on the first floor, I nestled her closer, making sure not to jostle her.
Then I ascended the staircase leading to the second floor, heading directly to the bathroom inside Kane’s bedroom.
