“You’re fixing all of this,” Gordo said, looking disgusted as he stared at the wall I’d destroyed. “I don’t care if your brain is scrambled. You can patch it and install new windows. And I swear to god, if you give me any shit for it, I will turn you inside out.”
“He threatens a lot,” Mark said, sounding amused. “You get used to it.” He blanched. “Or you will. Again.” His brow furrowed.
Gordo snorted. “Real helpful, Mark.”
Ox stood before me. He looked like a mountain, solid and sure. He said, “Let him go, Carter.”
“I don’t know if that’s a good idea—”
“Carter.”
“Fine. But if he goes for Kelly again, I’ll rip him in half. I don’t give a shit what anyone says. No one touches my brother. Ever.” He squeezed me so hard I thought my ribs would break, and then he let me go.
I sagged forward, legs unable to support me.
But Ox.
Ox caught me.
He cupped my face, and oh my god, he was Alpha, he was Alpha, and the wounded noise that punched out of me was low and miserable.
His eyes filled with a swirling mixture of Alpha red and Omega violet.
There was a whisper in my head, crawling along tangled knots that felt like they were rotting. It said i know i know i know you’re frightened i know you’re confused but listen listen listen.
I could do nothing else.
He said, “You’re mine, Robbie. My wolf. My pack. My Beta. My love. My brother. And I won’t let anything happen to you. No one will take you from us ever again.”
He bent his face toward mine and pressed a soft kiss against my forehead.
And I said, “Oh,” before all I knew was darkness.
werewolf jesus/my father
I wasn’t a prisoner. They tried to make that much clear.
That didn’t stop them from keeping me locked behind a line of silver in the basement of the house at the end of the lane. Oh, they fed me and made sure I had anything I asked for, but it didn’t matter, as I didn’t ask for much. I barely talked.
Kelly didn’t come down. At least not for the first couple of days.
When I was alone, I prowled along the edges of the room, trying to find any weaknesses. Even though I knew I was being watched, I still tried.
There was nothing.
Even the free-standing toilet next to a partition was bolted down. I could rip it up, but then I’d have to shit in a corner.
“You’re not the first person to be held down here.”
I grunted but didn’t turn around, running my hands along the wall. I was surprised he was the first. I thought it would be someone else—Elizabeth or the Alphas.
“Sucks, right? I was down here a few times. Kinda pissed me off, but what can you do?”
That caught my attention. “Why?”
“Why what?” Carter asked.
“Why were you down here?”