Page 45 of Knot Enough
“If, Rath, if.” Axel tried again. He wasn’t going to let it go.
“Damn you and your promises, Axe. Fine. I’ll make this one because I already know the answer. I…” I trailed off as a group rounded the corner. As if this were planned, three men followed behind a woman. An identical copy to the one we’ve had chained up. The three of us looked on in shocked silence as she pranced with her head held high. There was a look in her eye that screamed confident omega. The men followed behind her like dogs in heat.
How did I get this all wrong?
I grabbed my door handle and pushed it open. Someone gripped my arm. With a glance over my shoulder, Kane shook his head.
“We can’t move yet.” Axel doesn’t look smug, even though he was right.
“We can. She’s right there,” I pointed out.
“With her Alphas,” he hissed.
“We can take them.” It wouldn’t be the first time we went into a fight outnumbered.
“We need time. We have more important matters.” He was still thinking abouther.
“You’re kidding me,” I spat, but a weight had settled in my gut. Fuck.
“We verified her claims. Let’s discuss this as a pack. With Oak.”
I glanced back as they disappeared into the gym. I checked my bottom lip and slammed the door. Axel’s gaze bore a hole in my head.
“That was Pack Dolion,” he muttered.
“It was,” Kane confirmed.
Their conversation became background noise as I tried to make sense of what I’d just seen. Everything I’d done hinged on the belief I’d captured the guilty, but I’d just watched the real culprit living her best life, carefree.
She’d killed Kim and Lennox… and gotten away with it.
Until now.
My need for blood had driven me for a month, especially after I kidnapped her. Or so I thought. I’d done everything I could to take back what she’d stolen from us. I’d been violent, chained her, and—gods. My stomach churned.
We’d done the unimaginable.
I had done the unforgivable.
This entire time, our Omega had been pure. Innocent. And I—we—had a hand in corrupting her. The only guilt she had was association. She wasn’t responsible. All those times she’d begged us to tell her what she’d done…
Fuck.
“Let’s get out of here.” Kane didn’t need to bark this time. I threw the car in drive and peeled out. A sick, ugly feeling tunneled through me. I’d stalked her for months.
And I fucked up.
The only reason I had to hate her was gone, and I didn’t know what to think.
“Don’t forget your promise,” Axel grunted from the backseat.
“Damn the gods,” I hissed.
“You swore on those same gods. You owe her an apology.” He jumped on my case before I could even process it.
“Who’s going to tell her we have to kill her twin sister?” Axel asked.
Kane cursed.
