Page 259 of Psycho Beasts

Blood splattered across the glistening white floor.

The now-familiar stench of gunpowder and burning steel filled my senses.

A shiver rolled up my spine.

The shifter realm had been terrifyingly cold and the fae realm savagely bloodthirsty, but the guns in the beast realm were downright sinister.

Everyone stood in front of the dais, waiting.

Finally, the don waved his hand, and five stunning women in blush-colored dresses floated in front of us.

Divine sugary scents wafted off them, and their features were doll-like in their perfection.

They were omegas.

The girls blushed prettily and smiled up at my alphas as innocence radiated around them, their scents and demeanors begging an alpha to wrap them up and protect them.

Indescribable pain twisted in my chest.

I took a step back.

My heartbeat was loud in my ears, and I knew what the don was going to say before he said it.

“You will pick a female omega to complete your pack and bear the next heir. You will choose tonight or—” the don arched his eyebrow, not needing to finish his sentence.

The threat was apparent.

I didn’t wait to see what they said, just discreetly grabbed Aran’s floating chair and dragged us away.

Aran passed me the pipe, and I took it with shaking fingers.

It was amazing how when you’d thought you’d hit rock bottom, there was still farther to fall.

Chapter 45

Sadie

GHOSTS RETURN

I sat in the corner of the room.

Yes, stealing a plate full of hors d’oeuvres and devouring them while facing the wall was not a healthy coping mechanism, but I was too exhausted to care.

Instead of wallowing in depression because the men were falling in love with a pretty omega female, I’d chosen the classier path.

Eating and staring at the wall while I planned their deaths.

Sure, they’d all said they loved me, but that meant nothing at the end of the day.

I loved bread, or a good book, but I wouldn’t die for it.

Love didn’t mean the men were going to choose certain death at the hands of the don.

I wasn’t irrational; I understood they had lives and responsibilities they couldn’t forsake.

It just sucked for them because it would be the last choice they ever made.

I wasn’t going to graciously let them go, or some annoying weak woman bullshit.

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