Page 11 of Knot So Broken

All I could seem to focus on was the dusting of freckles that covered her nose. The way they fought through the makeup that she used to cover her face. It's a dickish move but I long to wipe away what covers her. To see who she is underneath the foundation and mascara. To see her.

I have never felt such raw anger as I have before when I received the message telling me someone has been hurting her.

If I wasn’t so desperate for even a lick of her attention, I would be out there hunting the fucker down right now and delivering her their head on a silver platter. Cutting their hands off so they cannever touch her again. Slicing their tongue out of their head so they can never utter a word to her again. Gouging their eyeballs out of their sockets so they can never grace their gaze on her beauty. So they can never see her flourish into the beautiful woman I know she will be. Fuck, the beautiful woman that she already is. I already am certain that I would burn the world down to ashes if she said the word. Hearing the sweet sound of her voice changed something within me.

Kennedy.

It suits her.

It shocked me that I was actually able to gain the courage to speak to her. There’s no handbook on what to say the first time you meet your scent match. ‘Hi’ seemed like the safest option. ‘Mine’ seemed a bit too intense. I can tell that she is skittish and I don’t want to scare her away.

Having her eyes wander my body though? I don’t think I will ever be able to rid myself of just how incredible it felt. My cock stiffens as I wonder what it will feel like when it's her hands running over my skin.

I think of anything and everything I can to dismiss my dirty thoughts, but it's a struggle. Especially when said thoughts are mixed with the deliciousness of her scent. I completely block out the teacher's ramblings for the entire lesson.

Instead, I watch Kennedy as she jots down notes here and there. She listens intently, soaking up all of the information that she can.

She’s perfect.

I can’t help but soak up every detail of her. The curve of her eyelashes. The way her nose slopes. The freckles that are dotted across her nose and cheeks that I feel myself becoming obsessed with. The slight redness to her cheeks when she realizes she holds all of my attention.

She doesn’t grace me with hers, but I don’t mind.

It gives me the time to continue my deep dive of infatuation.

I never put much thought into what my mate would look like. I didn’t bother to dream.

Sure, I wanted an Omega. That piece of the puzzle to complete our pack. But life just seemed to get in the way. Once I had met Jax and Theo, I knew we would be a pack. We weren’t even close to Emerging, yet we just knew.

There was a connection there. A knowledge that we would be together for the rest of our lives.

Things then began to develop with Jax. I never meant to catch feelings for him. At the time I was just desperate for a family. Needed the company after losing both of my parents. I knew I had found that when Theo and Jax opened their arms and welcomed me into their family. But love? I didn’t even know if I could feel that emotion again.

Not when my mother and father’s deaths had all but destroyed me.

Jax healed a wound inside of me.

Two Alphas being in a relationship together is rare. Normally they are too wrapped up in their Omegas or Beta to develop a relationship like that with each other. They normally can't get past the dominance fight.

That's never been a problem for Jax and I. I don’t know if it is because we have been together before we Emerged as Alphas or if we just have the ability to look past the typical behaviours present in our designation.

But it works.

I allow my gaze to move from Kennedy and find Jax who is sitting on her other side. Like me, Jax looks infatuated. He hasn’t said anything to her yet. I don’t expect him to for a while either.

It takes Jax a bit of time to come out of his shell, especially around Omegas. Or women for that matter.

I think he has been burnt one too many times.

Yet, Kennedy has him intrigued. I can see that fight still in him but it fades every second he has his eyes on her.

She has the three of us completely in her orbit and she doesn't even know it.

Jax finally looks up at me. His eyes blown wide and I can see the emotions written all over his face.

Surprise. Shock. Obsession. Fear. Happiness.

His features give everything away.

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