“So, what now?” I crossed my arms, refusing to let things rest. I stiffened my knees so they wouldn’t buckle. Exhaustion was making it hard for me to keep my eyes open. “I kept my end of the bargain. You said you’d free me.”
Their silence was like nails on a chalkboard. Dorian crossed his ankle over his knee and leaned back. “Did we?” he drawled. “I don’t recall.” He threw his arm over the backrest of the couch, meeting my eyes. Dominance radiated from his hard stare.
They are never going to give me freedom. The realization slapped me across the face.
“Just call the Greymonts and tell them you agree to their terms.” The desperate words almost ran together.
Dorian scoffed.
“No,” Cade said, scowling.
“But they said they’d help you find Susanna?”
Every single expression stiffened, and air seemed suctioned out of the living room. My tongue stuck to the top of my mouth.
There was no time for cowardice.
“Are you absolutely sure they wouldn’t know?” I emphasized. I’d been half out of my mind, but the words remained, ringingin my head. Cade’s eyebrows rose high on his forehead. “If they said it, they must know something.”
The way Elias had looked when he had thrown it in Dorian’s face told me as much. The Ironwyld Pack had been there for a reason, and he’d known it. Dorian straightened, and he rolled his shoulder. He’d been doing that more and more, like it was bothering him.
Dorian met my eyes. “We can figure it out ourselves if that’s the case.”
“Why do it yourself if they were willing to help as long as you left me to them?” I insisted. Dorian straightened, pinning me with an angry gaze. I stepped close until I stood before him. “Don’t you wantyourOmega?” I spat. “You’ve been searching like madmen?—”
“I don’t know!” Dorian roared.
The shout was so sudden, so shocking, it struck against my weak heart. He stood, and his lips remained a thin slit. I inclined my head to keep his gaze, and I didn’t cower. Dorian’s chest jerked with hard breaths an inch away from my face. With a final hard look, he strode away, toward the kitchen area.
I jumped when a hand settled on my waist.
“He won’t be able to admit it, but I will,” Cade murmured against my ear. The soft brush of his breath sent shivers down my spine. “We haven’t had enough of you.”
“Cade and Rafe!” Dorian’s bellow echoed.
“You’ve done it now.” Cade kissed my cheek and left. I scowled, wiping my face as I watched him leave.
“You have us in knots, Omega,” Rafe whispered. I could feel him at my back, the heat radiating from him.
“Until you have your Omega.” I sounded dead to my ears. “This isn’t what I agreed to.” Rafe wrapped his large hand around my wrist. I yanked it away and ran.
Halfway up the stairs, I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
“Eva!” The shout was the last I heard before darkness took over.
I was sowarm and comfortable. Sleep had never felt this good. I hadn’t even known it could feel so peaceful. I nestled closer to the chest.
A chest?!
I blinked bleary eyes repeatedly. Was I seeing correctly?
Cade lay at my side with one of my legs trapped between his and his hand shoved under my shirt, big palm over my breast.
I pressed my lips together, trying to ignore the flood of desire. Rafe grumbled at my back, and tucked tighter against me, arm around my middle, cock shoving against my back.
Keeping as still as possible, I scanned Cade’s face.
His lips were soft, not curved into smirks or sneers. The freckles adorning the base of his nose seemed so innocent on a man like him. I raised my hand, letting it hover over his jaw.
