Page 37 of Knot Enough
The silence in the room was louder than Kane’s snoring. Rath hadn’t said a word since, and unlike Axel, he wore shorts that left little to the imagination. Not that I needed it. The weight of his gaze was unbearable. Finally, I glared at him. He enjoyedevery moment of last night. I can still feel his hands on my hips, his breath on my neck, and his need as he finally gave himself over to this thing festering between us. I’d cowered long enough under his hate.
You can fuck all the way off.
“Why are you still here? Shouldn’t you have run off to scrub yourself off?” I snapped as I crossed my arms.
One side of his lip twitched, but he remained silent. His breathing alone irritated me. So I did what any responsible adult would do. I stuck my tongue out at him.
“Silent treatment, huh? Or are you only able to talk to me when you’re being an absolute dick?” I was being a brat, but my bravery knew no bounds since I knew Axel was coming back. Still, he stayed silent.
“You know what you are? You’re a brat going through puberty. Everyone has to tiptoe around you so they don’t hurt your feelings.” That made me laugh, and our eyes locked.
He opened his mouth, but a shadow appeared at the door and disrupted the moment. The bear of a man barely fit in the frame. His hands held a tray with two plates. His soft green eyes lit up as he cut through the distance in the blink of an eye. Somehow, he’d managed not to spill the orange juice.
In the corner of my eye, Rath shifted in his seat. Axel must have noticed too, because he looked back at him. Something passed between the two, and then he shook his head. Axel sat beside me and placed the platter tray of goodness in front of me. He made me breakfast in bed. Kane groaned and squeezed my hip. The glass shook as his arm grazed it.
“Thank you, Axel,” I rasped, emotion clogging my throat. I grabbed him by the nape and pulled him in. He growled as our lips crashed. Our tongues danced as the promise of a delicious meal wafted up. My pussy clenched. She had no business being ready to go again. Last night should have put me out ofcommission for the rest of the month. How much dick could a woman get before she tapped out?
Apparently, acts of service did it for me. Now that I knew I was an Omega, it made sense. I was pleased. Very pleased. Axel waking up early to prepare me breakfast in bed made me want to spread my legs and show him how thankful I was. We broke apart, and he nipped at my bottom lip before he sat back.
“I didn’t deserve that, but I’ll take it,” he chuckled.
“What?” Confusion marred my tone.
“For once, it wasn’t me,” Axel chuckled.
“Then who . . .?” Axel turned to where Rath sat.
“Rath woke up early and cooked for you,” he supplied. A shit-eating grin on his face as he watched my expression go from lust to confusion. My gaze snapped to the brooding Alpha. I’d gone off on him, and he just sat there after he made this food for me. I ignored the guilt that clawed at my chest. I wouldn’t apologize. He sure as hell hadn’t.
His steel gaze gave nothing away. I stopped myself from asking if he’d poisoned it. I was happy to eat when I thought Axel made it, but now that I knew Rath did, I hesitated.
Why would Rath make me something to eat?
I glanced at the food in front of me. Waffles piled high, eggs scrambled to perfection, and bacon, lots of bacon, and more. It was as if he knew what I liked and made some of everything.
“Thank you,” I muttered, unable to meet his gaze.
NINETEEN
Irritation festered as the two words I never thought I’d hear fell from her lips. I loathed the pride that bubbled up within me as I watched her enjoy what I made for her. The sick satisfaction I got from knowing she was eating my food. I blamed my designation for that. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t keep my eyes off her. Every time her sinful mouth opened and wrapped around her fork, every fucking moan, even the little wiggle she tried not to do whenever the food touched her tongue, forced my gaze back to her.
Axel’s stupid face told me he saw more than he should, and it made my fist twitch. Observant bastard. As if he could hear my thoughts, he smirked, but I ignored him. He was pack, but I had never wanted to run his face through a window as much as I did right then. Of course, his smirk turned into a toothy grin as he stared straight through my bullshit. I knew whatever was about to come out of his mouth was going to piss me off. I gritted my molars as I waited.
“Deep, deep, deep, down, Rath is a big ole softy.”
“Really?” Little Monster asked. Her eyes widened as her lips parted. My cock lengthened lower down my thigh. I wanted tobury myself in her tight, warm cunt and breed her until she was filled with my—I shook my head as Axel laughed.
“No,” he deadpanned.
“Oh,” she breathed, and then giggled.
This little Omega was a thorn in my side. She was an itch I couldn’t scratch, a blister I didn’t want to stop picking at. I watched her for months without her having a clue. One second, I wanted to kill her, and the next, I wanted to fuck her face while she knelt over broken glass. Everything in me knew she would be our downfall if we weren’t careful, but still, I edged closer. And when I say “we”, I mean the rest of the pack.
She had Axel wrapped around her finger. Kane said one thing and then moved alone. Yet the one who really got under my skin was Oak. I’d seen him suffer the most, but there was a change in him. I sensed it when I brought her here, even after I explained who she was. I could see it. He was falling. They all were. Like moths to a flame, they gravitated toward her. They burned for her, while I was still far away enough to only feel the heat from the fire. I used both heads to think.
When I got back last night, I could scent her arousal as they chased her through the vineyard. Alpha instincts demanded I join in, but the rules of their game differed from mine. I didn’t want to frolic after her. I wanted to scent her, needed to listen to her heart flutter as she tried to stay quiet, to taste her fear as she ran for her life. I wouldn’t stop, not even when she was a begging, crying, bleeding Omega crawling away.
After Oak got on my case last night, I decided to make breakfast for her today. I needed Axel to be my little bird and sing my praises. They needed to think I was on the same page as them, or at least, making my way there. I’d do whatever it took to get Oak off my back. Axel stared at her as if she were the missing piece to our puzzle. She wasn’t. His eyes softened whenever he looked at her. The damn idiot wore his heart on his sleeve, as ifthat dopey grin on his face wasn’t enough. He said something, and she perked right up. Her whole demeanor changed when she looked at him. All traces of fear ebbed away, as if he were her knight sent to vanquish her demons. I was the only one who could see the wreck around the corner, the elephant in the room no one wanted to talk about.
