Page 97 of The Knotty Omega

“TITUS!” I scream, throwing my still throbbing head back and making contact with a crunch.

“SHIT!” Chadwick screams louder, his voice nasally. Good. Maybe I broke his nose.

A slap across my face has me reeling and it’s Laura I’m staring at. “You will not ruin this for me you omega bitch.” She hisses, her nails digging into my arm. “I have been promised a connection with some very powerful alphas and I will not let you destroy everything I’ve worked for!”

“Back the FUCK UP!” Titus’ roar rolls through the area, and his dominance flows out of him. “Release my omega right now!” I look up to see my grumpy alpha’s face is the very picture of rage, and he has a damn gun out, pointing it at Jonas. Brennan follows close behind him, also holding a gun.

Harry stalks up to Chadwick, pulls his gun from his pants, and pushes it into my side. “Don’t take another step,” he growls.

“The police are on their way, fuckface.” Titus snarls. “You’re supposed to be in jail.”

“Harry’s brother is the DA,” I blurt out, “he blackmailed the judge to post bail.”

Harry pushes the gun further into my side. “Shut up, bitch.”

“Harry, what the fuck, man?” Is that…is that Brody? Titus visibly stiffens as his eyes assess the new threat.

“Brody, what the hell are you doing here? You’re not a part of this.”

“Is this really how low we’ve stooped?” Brody looks tired, like he’s been through hell, and honestly I feel kind of bad for him. He says he didn’t have any part in vandalizing my apartment, or the threatening email, and now I kind of believe him. “You guys are kidnapping omegas now?”

“What do you mean, ‘you guys’?” Jonas asks incredulously. “You’re talking like you’re not a part of this pack!”

“Because I don’t even recognize any of you anymore!” Brody shouts. “You guys have been doing god knows what with…who isthat?” He looks at Laura, who is whimpering off to the side now. Then he shakes his head. He didn’t know they were working with Laura, either? “First you guys trash her apartment behind my back, and now this? Instead of taking a look at ourselves when Trina left us, you guys wanted to blame someone! You’ve taken it too far. It’s over, man. I signed into all of our cloud accounts and handed over everything. Every text you guys sent each other, every threat against Cady.”

The pressure of the gun disappears from my side as Harry turns his gun on Brody. “You did fucking what?”

“You idiot!” Chadwick roars, his voice nasally and muffled.

Laura visibly pales and takes a shaky step back. The gun swings in her direction as Harry snarls. “Don’t you take another step, bitch.”

Out of the corner of my eye I see Titus and Brennan exchange an almost imperceptible look before Titus meets my eyes, and pointedly motions to the side with his eyes. He wants me to…get out of the way while they’re distracted. I give a small nod, and Brennan and Titus meet eyes again before all hell breaks loose. I throw myself to the side, hands still tied behind my back, landing hard on my side. Brennan shoots Harry in the hand, making him drop the gun and drop to his knees in agony, a stark reminder that Wren said something about him being a sharpshooter. Laura makes a break for it, Titus tackles Jonas to the ground and starts beating the ever loving shit out of him, and Brody tackles Chadwick.

“You’ve destroyed everything!” Chadwick screams at Brody as they fumble for control.

“You guys destroyed our pack the moment you went back on your word to Trina! You knew how much school meant to her!” There are tears falling from Brody’s eyes as he lands a punch to Chadwick’s face, a sickening crunch echoing in the air.

Can a nose be broken twice?

Then, relief fills my chest with the sound of sirens filling the area, followed by the sight of red and blue flashing lights. The police are finally here.

I use my bond to push a gentle sense of reassurance to Titus, who is now satisfied that Jonas is sufficiently knocked out. He runs to me, pulling out a pocket knife before getting behind me and cutting my restraints. A strangled sob leaves me as he scoops me up in his arms and holds me to him. His face buries in my neck and we both send out relief to our bondmates, who all answer in turn with the same emotion.

Titus probably called them when he noticed I was missing.

“How did you find me?” I ask in a raspy whisper.

“I’ll always find you, angel.”

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

“Are you saying that Brody Sheffield was not a part of this abduction attempt?” The police officer sitting across the interview table asks. Titus’ hand tightens in mine as I answer.

“That is correct. He showed up near the end, obviously distressed about what was happening. He came to us right before the pack was arrested and tried to warn us that they were losing their minds, but we didn’t know if he didn’t have an ulterior motive. After tonight, I think he just realized how wrong it was and was trying to help without getting his pack brothers in trouble.”

“Understood. Ms. Jackman, we want you to understand that the circumstances that led up to Pack Sheffield being released are being dealt with currently, and we will do our best to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. We have also detained Laura Prescott and have brought her into custody.”

“Officer, we appreciate everything you’ve done, but my omega has had a very distressing day. Are we free to go?”

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