Page 62 of Omega Shattered
"Whoa, I didn't say you could bond me. You left me in the ORC!" I glared at him. I was still mad, even if they'd just rescued me.
"We know and we're sorry," he told me gravely. "We've already decided how to grovel."
"What?"
I didn't have a chance to ask any further questions, since a massive explosion rocked the world and we were thrown forward.
Kade rolled as we fell, so I landed on top of him, cradling me carefully against his body. Archer went skidding past us, yelping. Then everything was quiet for a moment, except for the smoke billowing out of the back of the building.
"What was that?" I stared in horror. "All those omegas!"
"Are being evacuated right now," River said from behind us. He nodded at the SUV. "Get in, let's get out of here."
"Wait," Archer looked back at the building. "We said we'd help."
"Oh, we did." Orion gave us a sly grin. "When they get out, they'll discover that all the fencing has collapsed in the explosion. No way to keep those omegas contained if they want out."
"YOU did this?" I stared at him, mouth open. "You could have killed hundreds of people."
Kade got to his feet, still holding me and slid into the backseat of the vehicle while everyone else piled in.
"Don't worry. That was the gym and kitchen that went up in smoke. No one in there. We double checked before setting the gas on the stoves." Orion reached back to stroke my cheek. "We knew you wouldn't want to leave all those omegas in there."
"No, but do you really think they'll run?"
A siren wailed behind us as River pulled onto the road. I twisted in Kade's lap to see figures running through the smoke.
"Looks like they're doing exactly that," River said happily
"Did that help you forgive us?" Kade asked seriously.
"I guess a bit." I frowned at him. "But why are you here? What are you doing with me?"
"We're taking you home and making you pack." Kade kissed my nose. "And you're never leaving us again."
"Whoa there, cowboy, don't rush her into things," Archer said. "Quinn, you have a choice. If you want to be pack, you can. I kind of already filed the paperwork, actually, so technically you're James Pack now, but we won't keep you if you don't want to stay."
"Speak for yourself." Kade tightened his grip around my waist. "I'm keeping you."
"Kade!" River and Archer both yelled.
I almost laughed at the absurdity of it all. "You didn't want me."
"We told you we did, but that it was complicated with River," Orion corrected. "Archer and I have been yours since the first day we saw you."
"I took a little longer," Kade admitted. "But I'm 100% team Quinn now."
That left River. He drove, glancing at me in the rearview mirror.
"It took me way too long to admit that the reason I was angry was because you changed my world view. I've always hated omegas and if I admitted that I didn't hate you, who was I? And if you're right about the ORC, then I've been part of the problem, delivering omegas to that place."
"He's trying to say he's sorry and he wants you to be pack, too," Archer said in exasperation, running a hand through hismessy black hair. "If you do decide to stick around, get used to roundabout apologies."
"You'd really let me go if I wanted to leave?" I asked cautiously.
Kade's arms tightened around me and I patted his hand.
"Yes," Archer said quietly. "We will let you leave."
