Page 64 of Knot Dead Yet

Girlfriend? No, I didn’t like that someone thought Kienna was Casimir’s girlfriend. Maddox bared his teeth but kept himself in check.

“We hope not, but I got a worrisome text. We just want to take a quick peek and make certain.” Casimir didn’t bother leading her to the elevator, but we all hurried up the stairs.

Belinda was a little out of breath keeping up with us, but she hustled. The concern was clear in her expression. “Should I call nine-one-one?”

“Be ready to do so.” I nodded to her. But I hoped to fucking God we were all wrong. No matter what my instincts were screaming, I wanted to find Kienna curled up in her bed with a pile of snacks beside her.

The key card slid through the reader, and the second it turned green, all of us rushed inside. Lights automatically turned on as we entered the living room. There was no one, but it suddenly hit me: her musky sweet scent.

We barreled down the hall like an avalanche and yanked open her bedroom door.

There was Kienna. Her body swung as she hung from a rope tied to the chandelier. The chair near her laid on its side.

Shock slammed into me. “No!”

That’s when I noticed her hands were gripping the rope around her neck and her tied legs were kicking.

“Kienna!” I roared her name and suddenly my arms were around her, holding her up so she wasn’t choking anymore. She shook like a terrified kitten.

Casimir was suddenly on the other side of her, murmuring something in Russian and removing the noose and tearing the tape off her mouth. Kienna gasped and sobbed, clutching at both of us. Her perfume was so thick that I didn’teven startle when Maddox roared and tackled someone in the walk-in closet. A man cried out as both Maddox and Tiergan descended upon him.

Lilies were on every surface and all around the perimeter of the room. A hockey bag sat open and empty on the mussed bed and the rope continued to swing from the ceiling. Whatever happened in here, the bastard deserved the pummeling my packmates were giving him.

Alderic yelled down the hall to Belinda to call 911. Then he returned to turn on the bathroom light. “Bring her in here so we can see her wounds.”

I kissed the top of Kienna’s head, breathing in her scent deeply. She was safe in my arms. I was never letting go.

She took a hold of my face and brought me down far enough to kiss me. No grateful sweet one. It was hard and wanton. She whimpered against my mouth and ran her fingers through my hair. “Kane, please. I need you now.”

In the reflection of the mirror, I noted the blood on her wrists and how it smeared on me. She was injured. We needed to get her right—

Her hand dipped down and cupped my swiftly growing dick through my pants. Shit, her heat.

“Alderic, Casimir. Go help Maddox and Tiergan. Make sure they don’t kill the fucker.” My gaze stayed on Kienna the whole time as she writhed in my arms. This wasn’t the time or place for sex, but I wouldn’t let her suffer anymore than she already had.

Alderic grunted something, but left the bathroom.

Casimir didn’t move, but instead carefully removed the rope around her ankles. Kienna ran a foot up his arm, hooking him, and tried to pull him closer. His eyes grew dark with want of her. “I’m not leaving. Let me take care of her.”

Mine.

A growl rumbled in my chest. I didn’t want to share. She was my mate. My body was primed for a fight.

“Casimir,” Kienna moaned and leaned forward to kiss him. “Please.”

I admired his control. He kissed her, but he didn’t attempt to take her from my arms. Nor did he respond to my territorial growl with one of his own. Yet the tightness in his face and shoulders said he would fight for her too.

The police would be here within minutes. I shut the door with my foot.

I kissed the spot on her neck where I’d bitten her. My sweet Omega. “Kienna, we’re here for you. But this will have to be fast.” I glanced at Casimir as I said that. “No knotting. We need to just give her some release.”

“Now,” she cooed, sliding her hands into each of our pants. “Give me your big cocks.” She was bleeding and red-eyed from crying, but dammit, she was the sexiest thing on the planet.

I carefully set her down on her feet and knelt down to undo her jeans. Blood splattered the denim but they were also soaked with slick. I wanted to bury myself in her wetness. Her delicious scent was making me feral with lust.

Casimir kissed her and kneaded one of her breasts as I removed her pants. Her fingers ran over my head, and once I had her panties off, I clasped my hand with hers. I nuzzled her flushed pussy and kissed around it as our fingers twined. She squeezed my hand as I drew my tongue up her slit.

“Oh fuck,” Kienna moaned and let her head fall back as Casimir nipped at her ear. “This feels so good. Don’t stop.”

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