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“Of course, I looked for you. I wanted to make sure you were safe. You weren’t supposed to leave! You were supposed to stay where I could protect you and feed you and-” I silence my mouth before I say anything else.
“You were supposed to love me,” she says quietly in response. I open my eyes and stare at her, captivated by the clearest blue. “Hunter, you were supposed to love me back.”
My words might have been said in a shout, but it’s her quiet response that thunders around the room, echoing in my mind.
My resolve shatters.
“I did. God help me, but I do. But love isn’t enough. Love isn’t trust, respect, honour, values. Love can be tricky and cruel, it can trap you, and I don’t want that for my pack, and I didn’t want it for you.”
“Love is worth fighting for if you know what it looks like. If you’d have seen what I’ve seen, you would fight. You would be brave.”
She’s got so much passion, so much fire in her. Standing toe-to-toe with me, unafraid.
I step back, giving myself room as my voice rips out of me. “That’s exactly it. I haven’t. All I know is telling someone you love them while you beat the shit out of them. Saying you love someone as you dump them somewhere. I love you are three words that have only brought disaster to us. Unlike Saint and Crow, who don’t know if they believe in it, I do. I just hate it.”
She steps back, a frown on her face that has me reaching for her. But she holds up her hand, stopping me.
“I just, I need to think.”
I let my arms fall to my sides. She’s barely eaten her food, but now she’s leaving, and I want to stop her. I’m terrified she will vanish again. She makes me weak; she makes me remember all the things that hurt me.
We don’t deserve her.
But I want her.
So, I don’t stop her when she vanishes; instead, I sit at the table and stare at the wood. Wondering what on Earth I’m supposed to do now?
How did this get so fucked up?
Bethany slams our bedroomdoor open after we’ve slept only a few hours. I’m still bleary-eyed as I try to wake up enough to understand what she’s saying.
“What?” Saint says. “Is something wrong? What’s going on? I’ll kill them. Just come here.”
Bethany’s voice stops, and I see her biting her bottom lip as Saint grips her wrist and tows her towards the bed.
“Just a few more minutes. Come snuggle, Omega.”
My eyes widen. Saint is clearly not quite awake yet.
“Get up, get dressed. You’re coming out with me today,” Bethany says in a high voice.
“Why?” Saint growls and nuzzles her stomach.
Fuck, I’m getting hard, and all I can smell is passion fruit.
“My parents would like to thank you for taking care of me.”
Say what now? I sit up and exchange a wide-eyed look with Crow. All thoughts of sex evaporate as pure terror takes over me. Her parents want to thank us? Is this an assassination?
“Is thank you a code word for murder?” Saint asks as he heads to the bathroom. I’m not so sure he was actually asleep now. I watch him with narrowed eyes. The omega is flustered and distracted.
I envy how calm he is. I wish I could be so unaffected.
I spot her expression and glance at Saint. He’s come back out and has got a towel wrapped around his waist, and all the rest of him is exposed. He looks divine.
As usual.
With some powerful control, Bethany turns her back on us and says over her shoulder. “You have half an hour.”
