Page 34 of Knot My MC
Some royal brat who’s used to getting her way most likely. Kiki’s lips twitch every time the omega bids, a grudging sort of respect crossing over my omega’s face. I miss that, those tiny expressions that hint at a larger reaction. I used to go out of my way to take her almost smile to a full blown one. Nothing’s ever compared to the way she grinned at us back when we were thick as thieves.
The bidding for the current omega ends, and one of the guards adjusts the chain the omegas are all linked to before attempting to grab Kiki’s arm. She jerks out of reach and glares at him.
“Good girl,” Knox whispers, though I’m not sure he realizes he said it out loud.
My chest swells with pride as she marches up to where Eduardo, the douchey alpha, stands. She levels the crowd with a warning look, but it doesn’t have the effect she’s searching for. If anything, she’s issuing a challenge to everyone in attendance, and that’s enough to make my dick jerk to attention. Not to mention that pretty flush covering her skin has my mind wondering how she’d look beneath me with another sort of heat surging through her body.
“We’ll start the bidding now.”
“Five hundred,” a dead man shouts from the front.
Crow growls, a soft but vicious sound.
Another alpha bids. I memorize how each one looks. The bids continue at an obnoxiously low price until that same damn omega shouts two thousand like we’ll all be surprised by her actions. A large alpha snickers a few rows in front of me and my attention swings to him. He doesn’t even have to turn around for me to know who it is. Lucas, son of the head of the royal council and his merry band of preppy alphas are here. Cory and Marco are on either side of him, and they all appear to be studying the loud omega.
Good. I’d hate to kill alphas from the royal pack because they were stupid enough to bid on Kiki.
Our presence alone should have alerted these alpha assholes that one of these ladies was for us, but they’re all too horny to notice our intentions. We allow the bidding to continue past two thousand. There’s a slight faltering to Kiki’s imperious mask, and she cuts her gaze toward me. Is that disappointment I see?
Can’t disappoint my woman.
I smirk and call out, “Ten thousand.” My bid effectively trumps every single one that had been called out before, and while it should serve as a warning, someone calls out eleven thousand.
Knox’s chest rumbles. “Fourteen,” he says firmly, making every head but the royal pack turn in our direction. The prissy alphas don’t give a damn what happens to Kiki. We’d bid more, but none of us want to give the Omega Council more money than we have to.
Eduardo waits a few beats before calling it. Indignation flares across her face and her pretty blue irises promise punishment. I lick my lips in anticipation and nod at her, hoping she knows we’d never let her leave with any of these dickwads. She scowls. Maybe she doesn’t understand.
You’re ours,I mouth to her.
But that only serves to piss her off more.
Shit. Perhaps we’re in for more than what we asked for.
Then again, I do love Kiki in all her feisty glory.
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The auction ends and Knox glances at me. I nod in understanding and rise, heading to the entrance to watch for the alphas who bid on Kiki while he and Crow grab her. The first omega who was sold, the one in a shiny dress, passes by in a daze. Curtis manhandles her into his van. The first alpha who bid on Kiki walks past and into the night. I follow behind the alpha and give him enough space for it to seem like I’m heading toward my own vehicle. When he reaches for his door, I surge forward and wrap my arm around his neck, loving the surge of adrenaline that follows my attack. He grunts and smacks at me, but I’ve done this a hundred times.
“I’ll only say this once. Kiki is with the Hounds.”
His body slackens and I drop my hold. As much as I want to kill him for even thinking he had a chance with her, I can’t. Not with the fucking royal council princes here. The next bidders were a pair of alphas, so I switch tactics, walking up and pretending like I’m looking for some information on where to find another omega. When their guards drop, I slug the first one in the gut. The hit is so hard he bowls over and falls to his knees. His friend comes at me, but my fist is already aiming for his face. Pain flares across my knuckles. I ignore it, blocking it out until these alphas are down for the count and are issued the same warning.
I deal with the last three bidders as quickly as possible, hoping to catch up to my own pack before they get out of the warehouse. The last punch lands and my knuckles crack. My skin pulls apart from the repeated abuse. I glare at the downed alpha laid out between my legs and lift my hand to my mouth, swiping my tongue over the copper flavored blood.
“Are you finished?” Crow almost sounds bored.
I glance over my shoulder and shove my hair out of my face, giving a wicked grin. “It’s taken care of.”
The streetlights form a halo around Kiki. She’s standing between Knox and Crow, arms crossed beneath her full tits. Are they bigger than before? I wrench my gaze from her chest to meet her gaze, but her eyes are on the alphas on the ground. Her face contorts with recognition and confusion before she masks the emotions and pulls up that ice-queen facade she was wearing during the auction.
She looks at me. “What’d they do to you?” Her voice is steady and brave.
“I think you know.” I adjust my vest and step over one of the alphas, accidentally kicking him in the ribs. He grunts. My smile widens. Serves them right.
Kiki frowns. She doesn’t say anything else, and part of me is disappointed. I had hoped her tongue was still whip sharp and relentless. Maybe the years past have softened her. She lifts her chin at my scrutiny, and I bite my cheek to keep from chuckling. Nah, she’s not soft. Kiki’s in there somewhere, she’s only hiding herself away from us.
That won’t do.
