Page 106 of Knot So Broken

“I do too. She would have loved you. I know that she would have been so excited to have her hands on you. She always wanted a daughter.”

We each go quiet as the thoughts of what could have been lingering over us.

Theo puts the brush down eventually before bending down and wrapping his arms around my neck, letting them hang slightly.

“I doubt that you have given much thought into everything but I need to ask anyway. Do you know what you want to do in regards to the Mullen pack and your father?”

The question surprises me but I should have known better. It has been coming this whole time. I’m sure Theo, Jax and Ledger have been chomping at the bit needing to know what I wanted to do. Now thatthe haze of my heat is over, all the previous emotion returns to me as well.

“I want them to pay. The Mullen pack are slimy pieces of shit. I don’t want them to do what they did to me to another Omega.”

Theo nods and I continue, “As for my father, I want that motherfucker to burn.”

The tone of my voice surprises me but it doesn't seem to shock Theo. It's almost like he was expecting it from me.

“Then let's make him suffer.”

By the time Theo and I walk back into the nest, Ledger and Jax are already awake. Theo quickly fills the two bleary eyed Alphas who quickly snap to attention the moment that vengeance for their Omega is mentioned.

I have never seen two people get ready as quickly as they did. Before I knew it, we were stuffing our faces with toast and coffees in reusable mugs that Theo had quickly made for us.

Following my Alphas to the armory, they load me with weapons they deem I need. When I question them on why the excess weapons, Theo gives me a serious look.

“I’m not playing with your safety anymore, Kennedy. Every time we leave the house from now on, I expect each of us to be armed. I won’t allow anyone to get the jump on us ever again.”

I nod, placating him, knowing that he needs this facade of control right now. I think my kidnapping has spooked them more than they are letting on. It spooked me too.

While Theo, Jax and Ledger tried to prepare me for this life, what feels like a lifetime ago now, I wasn’t expecting reality to come crashing down on me so quickly. Although a part of me is terrified of what I have gotten myself into, another part also feels like this is right. Like I truly am home.

Which is strange considering how much violence surrounds me. Fuck, we are quite literally on our way to wipe this earth of the Mullen pack as well as my father.

I question myself as the feeling of anticipation fills me when I think about this world without Calvin Hayes in it. After all that he has done to me, I refuse to hold any love in my heart for the man. He saw to it that he didn’t hold any in his for me. He was more than willing to throw me to the lions to ensure that he came out on top. So I plan to return the favour.

I’ve heard pigs are a particularly popular method lately...

Soldiers walking to their destinations give my Alphas respectful nods as we pull up to the compound; but what surprises me the most is now, the looks of respect are also aimed at me.

Returning the gesture, I follow my Alphas as they make their way through the familiar rooms of the warehouse.

We are only a few steps into the training room when I hear my name shouted, startling me. Looking around the vast room, I find my Alphas fathers rushing towards me.

The relief on their faces has tears instantly springing to my eyes.

Victor doesn’t greet either of his sons or Ledger before he is pulling me into his arms. When touch from an Alpha that isn’t one of mine would have normally sent me spiralling, the embrace from Victor does none of that.

Instead, it feels fatherly. Which is foreign to me. I embrace the feeling though as I wrap my arms around his waist.

“Oh, mia dolce, foglia. Sei a casa. Sei al sicuro.” His voice cracks as he eventually lets me go but only enough that he can see my face. I don’t understand any of what he said to me. His Italian way too rushed for me to even begin to translate it with the minimal I know, but my heart clenches anyways.

“I’m so...” His words are cut off as a body barrels him out of the road to embrace me. I’m brought into the chest of yet another father. He doesn’t utter a single word, instead holding me close to his chest. I know by his woody scent that it is Olis, Jax’s biological father.

After a good minute, he eventually steps away from me. The man that I met here for the first time doesn’t look nearly as strong as what he did. Instead, he looks beaten down. Like this situation has weighed on him greatly. His words are choked and quiet but they have an effect on me greater than I expected,

“I’m so glad that you are safe, Kennedy.”

All I am able to achieve is a nod before Conall makes his way to me. His smile is wide and bright, so unlike the pain I see inboth Olis’ and Victor’s faces. Pulling me into his arms, he swings me around once, pulling a laugh from deep within my chest.

He sighs dramatically as he lets me go, “I’m so relieved that you are home, Kennedy. It's been miserable dealing with this lot. But I knew that you were strong. I knew you wouldn’t accept assholes fucking with whats yours.”

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