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“Now do you understand what I was saying about taking on these far-landers in their own territory?”

“We bested them, didn’t we?” Kadmon retorts.

Impetuous too.

Hasker bows up at the younger Alpha’s insolence. For a moment, I fear he may even strike Kadmon, so I place a hand on Hasker’s broad shoulder to make him stand down. He does so reluctantly.

Now is no time for in-fighting. Still, I’m not letting Kadmon off the hook so easily.

“Aye, we bested them,” I growl. “But only together. If Hasker and I had not arrived when we did, those far-landers would have eaten you alive. And Source only knows what they would have done to the omega.”

That’s an untruth, of course. We all know full well what the far-landers would have done. They would have raped her until her body was broken beyond use, and then they would have eaten her. But there’s no need to say such things aloud. Not with the shivering omega standing right here.

Kadmon stiffens and instinctively draws the omega closer. A protective gesture.

“Where were you, Kadmon?” I growl. “Why were you not at the cave?”

The faintest tremor in his young voice betrays the fact that he’s lying. Or at the very least omitting some details.

“I couldn’t sleep. I was scouting the nearby area for enemies. I told Hasker—”

“All night?” my second cuts him off. “All night you were scouting? It’s near dawn boy. Out with it. Tell us what you were doing.”

I wave my hand. Although Hasker’s annoyance is justified, now is not the time.

“Save it,” I say. “We need to move. The far-landers have fled for now, but there will be more.”

I nod toward the omega.

“And her heat is returning.”

Hasker nods. He knows I’m right. We both smelled it as soon as we arrived. The raw needy smell of her fresh cunt is already filling the forest around us. Signalling to every Alpha in the vicinity that she is ready to be bred.

That’s what drove the far-landers into a frenzy. And that is what is making my own cock hard as steel.

“Kadmon will carry you,” I say to the omega.

I shove her roughly toward the young Alpha. Kadmon may be gentle with her, but I will not be. She needs to know who is in charge here. And she needs to understand the consequences of disobedience.

Soon she will.

She makes a little squeak as Kadmon hoists her and tosses her over his shoulder.

“And you, boy,” I hiss. “Don’t think I’ve forgotten your truancy. I will figure out a suitable punishment later.”

We all set off, moving north. Moving toward the homelands.

CHAPTER 11: LILY

“Put me down!” I demand.

We have emerged from the shadows of the forest into an area with rolling meadows of high grass. The dawn is just starting to break on the horizon, bathing the world in golden light.

And I’m getting sick and tired of bouncing along on Kadmon’s shoulder. I would have puked up every bit of food in my stomach if there was anything in it in the first place. I haven’t had anything to eat except those berries Kadmon gave me yesterday. Plus, my nihiloxin cravings are getting intense, but I do my best to ignore them.

“Don’t worry, Lily,” he says, keeping his voice low. “You are a small burden to carry.”

“It’s not you I’m worried about,” I shout, kicking my legs. “It’s me! I feel like my belly is about to burst.”