Page 6 of Knot Our Mistake
FOUR
BRAN
“She isn’t comfortable.” I stated as I placed the head of lettuce on the counter.
“Clearly. She just arrived.” Leo countered as he took out the cutting board and placed it on the marble top.
“I mean…her past. Something is making her uncomfortable.” I sighed. “We need to prove this is a safe place.”
“Sort of hard to do with our alpha acting like a dick.”
“I’m not a dick.” James slammed the screen door as he entered the kitchen from the outside. “We didn’t order her. I did not sign those papers. It’s fraud, a fucking set up and don’t you dare get attached because she isn’t staying.”
That’s what he thought, but if Leo and I had any input she most definitely wouldn’t be going anywhere. In fact, I’m glad that whatever mixup happened and she was here, because it had been a long time since we saw such a beautiful face. We hadn’t had a female in our presence since we had our beta and that… ended badly.
“She sure is nice to look at.” Leo commented.
“We don’t need a female.” James growled. “We live on fucking farm. This is no place for high heels and curling irons.”
“It could be.” I shrugged as I tossed a cucumber onto the counter. There was nothing wrong with the omega wearing heels every once in a while, and I happened to love the long strands of hair that fell to the curve of her back.
“Oh yeah. She’ll fit in perfectly among the horse shit and muddy pastures.”
“She could like it here.” Leo tried to reason.
“She won’t. Not coming here looking like that. Not when we couldn’t even keep a beta as a companion. You two may be ready to set yourself up for heartbreak, but I’m not. If we can’t get the agency to accept her back, we’ll have to sell her off ourselves.”
My stomach rolled at the mere suggestion. “You wouldn’t.”
“We’d have no choice.” He lowered his voice. “You saw the designer bags, the clothes, the accessories. Do you honestly think you could make her happy?”
“I think I sure as hell am willing to try.”
“We aren’t ready for kids.” James pointed out.
“Speak for yourself. I’m more than ready.” I slammed the knife into the lettuce head hard, forcing the round orb to split in two. “I’m ready for the kids. The family. The pattering of feet as it runs down the hallway.”
“We tried it before, remember. It didn’t work out.”
“No.” I shook my head. “She didn’t work out. She wasn’t loyal and that wasn’t on us that was on her. We would have given that beta the world. But this is an omega, a rare fucking gem in this world, nearly impossible to get our hands on, and she is ours. Dropped into our laps like a priceless gift and you want to give it up, give her up, give up what she represents and the future she could hold all because you… what? Had your pride hurt.”
“I’d watch your tone beta.” James was seething. Good.
“She is your only chance at a child with your bloodline. Leo and I … we can find someone else to expand our family, easy. You?”
“Enough.”
“I’m only saying…”
James’ hand slammed down onto the counter. “I said enough, beta. You speak so fucking freely like you have forgotten your place in the hierarchy.”
“Is there a hierarchy among friends and family?” Leo mumbled.
“I’ll not hear it from you too.” James grumbled at Leo.
“I wonder if she’s on suppressants.” Leo pondered, ignoring our alpha.
“We could ask.” I hoped she wasn’t. Our alpha may be against this union, but he hated change. He didn’t see the bigger picture and just what this union could do for him, for us, as a whole.
