Page 103 of Knot the Alphas' Feral Omega

Fear flooded me, and I couldn’t stop the tiny squeak that escaped my chest, fearful and all too human. I wanted to let my wolf free, to growl right back at this man and show him that I wasn’t going to be cowed...

But whatever he had drugged me with was still working in my system. I might be lucid and able to think clearly, but my shift was still just beyond reach.

It was frustrating, especially with fear flooding my body the way it was. I could barely see beyond the way that my heartwas pounding in my ears, and desperately, I cast around for something,anythingthat would help me, as he continued to drag me through the house and then down the stairs.

The house we were in was nice enough, and it had a very lived-in feel that told me it wasn’t a rental. That realization made my stomach swoop because if this was where helived...

I didn’t have my phone, but...fuck, I could still feel the faint bond between me and Oliver in my chest. It was stretched thin, indicating how far away I was from my pack, but I still tried to pull on the connection, hinting at where I might be if they happened to be paying attention.

Immediately, there was a throb back, and that soothed me some, knowing that they were looking for me. Panic flickered along the edges of the connection, but Hunter started talking again before I could explore it further.

“It’s a shame we missed out on so much time together, but that’s alright. We can make up for it now.”

He dragged me through the living room, and my ears pricked up; we were heading towards the only other person in the house.

“What do we need to make up for?” My voice was a terrified squeak, and I desperately tried to keep my fear out of my voice and scent, but even I could smell how bitter my scent was turning.

Fuck. This was bad. This was so, sobad.

Hunter smiled over his shoulder at me, and the mask seemed to have fallen off his face completely. His eyes glinted, completelyunhinged, and his hand tightened around my wrist. “My legacy, of course. I can’t keep doing this forever, Lilah. But you...” He chuckled, the soundevil. “You can continue on the family business.”

It took a moment, but then horror flooded me. Immediately, I began to struggle, trying desperately to tear my wrist from his grip.

“No!” I snapped, my voice tight with fear. “I won’t. I’m not...Ican’t...”

Hunter tutted softly, shaking his head as he continued to drag me along, completely undeterred by my efforts. “Of course you can, Lilah. Just because you’ve never beentaughtdoesn’t mean you don’t know how.” His voice got more and more unhinged with each word, and suddenly, I could see through the windows as he dragged me through an enormous den.

I could see the road that stretched out in front of the house with clarity.

If I could just get out...

There was an enormous vase standing next to a side table against the wall, and as he dragged me past it, I made a snap decision.

I threw myself to the side, shocking him, and his grip on my wrist loosened just enough for me to break his hold. The vaseshatteredthe second my body weight fell on it, and despite the fact that I’d been expecting it, the sound of the shattering porcelain, as well as some deep cuts that pierced through myarm from the broken shards, tore a startled scream out of my throat.

And then...allhellbroke loose.

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Oliver

The trees whizzed by as we drove down the quiet, rural road far out of the city, and only the steady pulsing of the faint near-bond in my chest kept me from going completely and totally feral.

Beside me, Killian was practically vibrating with fear and rage, his hands twitching every few seconds on top of his knees. He’d spent the first hour of the drive tapping his finger incessantly against the car door every few seconds and had only stopped when I’d finally snarled at him.

In the backseat, Emmett was quiet, like he usually was. But I could feel his tension and the fear radiating from him.

We were all terrified of what we would find once we finally got to our girl.

It was a fucking miracle that Killian had thought to track her phone before it had been shut off. We’d managed to get a lock onher location and look up the road it was moving along before the signal went dark. It had taken a little bit more research before we’d figured out that an off-the-grid house had been built at the end of that road almost twenty years before.

It was where Randall was taking her. I just knew it.

And now that we were getting closer, now that the distance between us and our omega was slowly being eaten up as I pushed our car beyond what I should for the narrowness of the road...I knew that we were right.

The distance in the bond was shrinking. We were getting closer to her.

“What are we going to do once we get there?” Killian’s voice was tight, all wolf, and my hands tightened on the steering wheel. The trust my pack was placing on my shoulders was heavy, especially when Iknewwhat Killian wanted to do.

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