My omega perked up at that, and I realized she was in control once more.
“That’s right, you did so good. You’re so powerful, so strong,” Theo said. He ran his hands up and down my back in a steady rhythm until my muscles slowly unclenched.
My limbs shook as I slowly came back to my body.
“Is he...?” I whispered, not wanting to look at Jericho while Theo tied him up.
“He’s alive,” Theo responded. “Although I don’t know if that pathetic excuse for a dick will be salvageable.”
I waited for the guilt to wash over me, but it never came. My omega was fucking satisfied with what we’d done, and I didn’t fight her.
“Ben?” I whimpered. I could feel him in the bond, his feelings so wild and chaotic I couldn’t untangle them.
“On his way. We had to deal with the other alphas that came with Jericho,” Theo said softly.
I pressed my face to Cam’s throat and closed my eyes as he carried me out of the warehouse. I wanted to burn it, bomb it, destroy it so completely nothing could ever be built in this place again.
The cool air washed over us as we left the warehouse behind. I heard a shout, and then Ben’s body collided with Cam and me. I threw myself into his arms and he caught me easily.
“Why did you go in there on your own?” he growled, his fear so visceral it almost choked me. “Never do that again.”
His stern tone was enough to shake me out of my semi-catatonic state. I met his bright blue eyes and realized his glasses were crooked. My hands shook as I adjusted them for him.
“I don’t think I want to be a badass anymore,” I confessed. My bottom lip trembled, and I pressed my face to his neck.
“Too bad because you already are and always will be. But you don’t have to do it alone. In fact, Iinsistyou don’t.”
I ran my tongue across the bond mark on his neck. Ben huffed, his reluctant arousal reaching me in the bond as he tightened his hold on me.
“Love you,” I said, placing another wet kiss on the bond mark.
“Love you, too.” His tone was so grumpy it made my lips twitch.
“The alphas?” Cam asked quietly.
“Got them tied up,” Ben responded. “The other pack will stay behind to take care of the pieces of shit. All the omegas are in the vans. Let’s go home.”
ChapterFifty-Eight
Josie
I’d held it together as we drove the omegas to the warehouse the Alliance set up for them until they could safely reunite with their families.
I pushed my feelings aside as I helped get them settled with their clothes, food, and blankets.
I ignored my alphas when they suggested I sit down and rest. The second I stopped, everything would catch up to me, and I would fall apart. I needed to keep going.
In the early morning hours, the warehouse fell quiet as the omegas settled into bed, and my alphas finally convinced me it was time to go.
Cam gently deposited me in the back of a borrowed car before climbing in behind me. This car was much smaller than Theo’s, and Cam’s large form took up most of the backseat. He pulled me to his chest and I realized I was shaking. I blinked away tears as I looked out the window at the shadowy building in the middle of the woods. Guilt surged through me that I had my alphas and a home to go to.
“They’ll be looked after,” Cam said, kissing my forehead. “Now, let us look after you.”
Ben reached back from the front seat and I held his hand tightly in mine.
“Why don’t you try to sleep?” he suggested. “It’s about an hour and a half drive back to the house.”
I nodded because I knew it would make them happy, but deep down, I was terrified to close my eyes. I’d been so close to being taken by Jericho. I tried to focus on the fact that I’d fought him and won, but the leftover terror still ran through me like an overwhelming tidal wave.
