Page 9 of Knot Dead Yet

Fuck!

No. Notthesetwo hockey players. If it was anywhere or anyone else, it wouldn’t have mattered. I liked hockey and they were hot, but they were my dad’s players and lived in Winnipeg.

Usually I was a fighter. Nothing would scare me away. But I dropped my stuff as I turned and ran.

My pathetic Omega urges whined that I was going the wrong way. The Alphas were behind us.

The doors to the SUV opened and several someones yelled my name. I didn’t stop.

Heavy footsteps pounded the ground behind me.

Faster. Disappear into the night like a ninja. That was me, the sneakiest of sneaks.

I took a sharp right toward a dark copse of trees. They’d never find me.

The guys shouted. My heart thundered in my chest, and I could barely breathe. I pushed myself harder, eyes on the goal.

Someone grabbed my wrist. I stopped dead on the spot and used his momentum to fling him over me. Alderic landed flat on his back, the air knocked out of him. Shock and pain made his face pale.

For a brief second, I felt horrible. This guy was the sweet one, giving me room at the car when I was yelling at them togo away. An apology formed on my lips, and I was suddenly wrapped in a bear hug from behind. My feet were lifted off the ground as I kicked, crying out as I fought against the steely muscles that held me trapped.

I jerked my head back to whack him, but he was ready for it. Instead, my head went to the side of his and bonked his shoulder, our cheeks brushing against one another’s. Fire lanced through my body and my pussy clenched.

Oh my fucking god.

I twisted my head to gape at Maddox whose eyes were as wide as mine.

Not a third Alpha. It was a nightmare hat trick.

Yeah, sure, I’d said many times to my friends that I wanted my own pack of hunky Alphas to worship me. But not like this.

This time when I threw my head back, I screamed at fate’s cruel sense of humor.

CHAPTER FIVE – Alderic

Kienna fought like a hellcat, but there was no way she could get away from Maddox. Once he locked his arms around you, you were doomed. Yet from the feverish look in his eyes, I guessed he was the one doomed this time.

My heart pounded, adrenaline making me shaky. They were going about it all wrong. I couldn’t believe this was happening.

First Kane and then Tiergan. Now Maddox. None of them had said it out loud yet, but they were lost to the Omega. I might have been a Beta, but I knew my pack like my own self. It had never happened with any of them before, but I swore they wanted to mate and mark her, whether she was ready for it or not.

I followed behind them as Maddox carried her to the house. I tried to desperately think of how to fix this situation while not only supporting my pack, but helping Kienna. The Halls’ home was a cozy three bedroom ranch nestled between the evergreens on a well manicured lot. The ground squished from the recent rain. Kane and Tiergan walked on either side of Maddox trying to calm Kienna down. Ewan jogged ahead with the keys and opened the front door.

It was difficult for me to bite my tongue. None of the pack meant Kienna any harm, but how would she know that? I was sure that she felt like this was a kidnapping, and then who knew what horrible things the hyper focused Alphas would do.

Once inside, Tiergan flipped on the lights, and being the last one in, I shut the door.

“Let me go!” Kienna’s voice ripped with panic. There was no way I could go up against any of these Alphas, but I couldn’tlet them terrorize her any more, no matter the fact they were trying to help her.

“Maddox, let her down. She’s fine.” I used my most soothing voice, and to quell his raging instincts and hopefully make her feel a little better, I added, “She’s safe here.”

Maddox hesitated but then set Kienna on her feet and unwound his arms. He didn’t move away, but loomed beside her with his chest heaving as he breathed her scent in deeply.

Kienna darted away from him, hugging herself as she warily eyed us all. “I need the bathroom. Now.”

“Last door on the left down the hall.” Tiergan gripped the back of the recliner he stood near with one hand. His fingers dug in as his body jerked as if he might follow her as she rushed down the hall, but he stayed in place.

The door slammed and the lock clicked on the bathroom door. The poor girl. We had to make this right.

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