Page 20 of Knot So Broken

He is actually going to kill me.

I have always questioned if he would actually do it. If one day the anger would completely overcome him and he would just snap once and for all. I know for certain now that he will.

There’s no way that he won’t. Not with a giant mating mark on my neck. He’s going to kill me.

What the fuck was that Alpha thinking? He hadn’t even spoken a word to me other than verbally claiming me as his before he made it permanent.

I still don’t know his name.

I think Theo may have mentioned it to me earlier but all the emotions of the last two days have finally caught up on me.

I trip over my own feet as I shoot down the hallway. My knees slam into the ground. The pain would normally make me whimper but it doesn’t even register. Nothing does other than the overwhelmingknowledge of my demise. “Kennedy!” A rough voice calls out from behind me but I don’t let myself turn around to face them.

I scramble up from my position on the floor.

I hear footsteps thundering behind me and it only makes me pick up speed. I don’t even know where I’m going.

I sure as fuck can’t go back home. I know what will undoubtedly meet me there. I try to wrack my brain for places that I could go but my distracted mind costs me. Arms wrap around my waist, hauling me up into their hold.

“No, please no,” I whimper, “He’s going to kill me.”

I thrash in the hold trying to extract myself from the vice-like grip the arms have on me but they don’t relent.

“Please, just let me go. I’ll just leave. He will never have to see me again. I won’t cause problems for him. Just please.” I beg as tears begin to stream down my face. A growl nearly deafens me as my pleas turn into whimpers.

“Who, Little Omega? Tell me their name and I will fucking kill them. I will wipe them from the face of the earth.”

Ledger’s voice breaks through my struggle. The fight starts to leave my body as I give in to him, allowing myself to go limp.

My head falls back to rest on his shoulder as the tears continue their descent down my face.

“My father. He’s going to kill me,” I cry. I feel something in my heart break at that moment.

This isn’t how meeting and being claimed by my mate was meant to go. I was meant to feel safe. I was meant tobesafe.

I feel as far as I possibly can from that feeling right now.

Terror overcomes me. Anxiety threatens my stomach contents.

It feels like the walls begin to close in on me as reality starts to drift. I start to pant, trying to catch a breath that fails me. A light sheen of sweat coats my body as I feel my body jostle. “Kennedy, baby. I need you to breathe for me. Fuck, Jax!” His voice sounds far away even though a part of me knows I am in his arms.

A distant sound of more footsteps sound up the hallway. I can’t tell how far away they are from me or who they even are.

“Give her to me.” The new voice growls.

Ledger hands me off to another person who holds me tightly.

“Come on, my sweet girl. I need you to breathe for me. Please don’t make me use my bark.” The familiar voice is gentle as they try to coax me from my attack. “In and out. Come on, baby.”

There's something about the voice that makes me want to obey it. I attempt to take in my first breath. It shudders but it seems to make him happy.

“That’s it. Such a good girl. Now, I need another one.”

I take in another breath. And another.

The room slowly starts to come back into focus as the anxiety starts to dissipate. My chest still feels tight but my breathing starts to even out.

I blink my eyes a few times as my surroundings come into focus.

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