Page 44 of Knot Enough
“Fuck off, Kane.” I hissed, tearing my eyes from the road to glare at him.
“Watch it,” Kane warned, and I wanted to obey, but he wasn’t the only fucking Alpha in the car.
“Just admit it already.” I glanced back out the windshield just in time to blow through another red light. My pulse spiked. In my peripheral vision, he edged closer.
“What are you fucking going on about?” Kane growled.
“You first.”
His words made my skin itch—uncomfortable, exposed.
“Don’t feed us this ‘we’re doing it for Axe’ bullshit. Admit you want to keep her!”
“You’re the only one against keeping her, Rath.” His words were a blow.
“I’m glad you guys are finally talking about your feelings, but don’t kill us.” Axel grunted behind me.
“You weren’t in Rut when you went down those stairs. Own up to it. You wanted to fuck her. ‘I went into Rut. I’m not at fault.’ We’re all here because we want to prove our prisoner’s story is a lie. Not because of Axel,” I hissed as we hit town.
“We, as in the three of us,” Kane murmured. “The three of us want to know. That includesyou.”
“I want her to suffer. Think with your head and not your dick. You haven’t been leading us for long, but this is our chance for revenge. I did all that work, and what did you guys do? You fell for a warm, wet cunt.”
“I haven’t forgotten?—”
“Do whatever you want. Keep lying to yourself, Kane, but I know the truth. You want her to be right. What happens when you’re forced to face the fact that you fell for a woman who killed pack?” My foot was heavy as lead, and we were way overthe speed limit, but gods, none of it mattered. The town lights blurred as we hurled toward our destination.
“Enough!” Kane growled as he slammed his fists on the dash.
Silence fell over us like a blanket as I stomped on the brakes. We’d arrived. Two adjoining buildings with blacked-out windows and a white sign that read: Elevate Alpha.
The streets flickered on.
“You’re so set on her being a liar, Rath. Have you considered she might be telling the truth?” Axel asked. I threw my head back and laughed.
“You think I followed her for two months to be wrong?” I spat.
“I’m asking you to be open to the possibility you missed something and swiped the wrong woman.” Axel was desperate. He didn’t want us to fight, but he believed her. He wanted me to give her something I couldn’t: trust.
“You’re the only one who doesn’t want to keep her.” Kane this time. He unfastened his seat belt and turned his body to face me.
“Damn the fucking gods,” I hissed.
“We like her. We’re stubborn as fuck, but nothing like you,” Axel added. Their focus remained on her, lighting my fuse.
“Do I want to fuck her? Yeah. That doesn’t mean I want to keep her. Not one of you has mentioned Nox or Kim!” I snarled.
“No one’s forgotten them. The dead are gone, and we have to move on.” My eyes cut to his in the rearview mirror. He stared back, unyielding. It shouldn’t have been possible, but something died inside me. Abandonment. He was abandoning Nox.
“Just promise me you’ll make it up to her. We’ve all hurt her, but you and Kane have left the deepest cuts,” Axel murmured, sensing my pain.
“Make it up to her?” I repeated.
“Yes,” Axel rasped.
“She’s got your balls in her hand, and you don’t even realize it. I’m tired of this. Don’t sit there and pretend I didn’t do what you all failed to. She killed them! You may have forgotten where your loyalties lie, but I’ll have vengeance. With or without you.”
We were at the edge of change. If they ignored her sins, even after seeing proof, it would tear us apart. I wouldn’t make nice with the woman who took from our pack and hurt them so deeply. Unlike them, I wouldn’t forget the damage she’d caused.
