Page 41 of Alpha’s Possession

Stepping into the alley, people scatter to get away from me. My eyes go to Rhen, who is drenched in blood as he tries to keep three Alphas from her. Another two are dead on the ground. I see her run, only to be pounced on by a brown and white wolf. The wolf shifts, ripping the back of her shirt open and snapping her bra while she thrashes beneath him. The fact she is fighting at all is odd—she should be rabid with heat, seeking the Alpha's knot, not fighting him.

My brows furrow in confusion, and I suck in a breath, knowing once I get close enough, I will be as rabid as others. I need to hold myself together, knowing that is the only thing holding Rhen back. Pack wolves won't mate without the Alpha's approval. It dampens the effects of heated wolves because they need approval. Yet these are lone Alphas, bound by no pack and no Alpha.

Zara screams, rolling over as she tries to shove him off, only for him to grab her hips and flip her back onto her belly as he rips at her pants. The sight snaps me out of my confusion.

A savage growl leaves me. My mind screams that she isn't his to touch. I want to kill him, and kill him, I do. My teeth lacerate his throat, and I shake my head, snapping his neck. He goes limp as my jaws wrap around his throat, and I chomp down again before flinging him away.

Zara freezes beneath me. I sniff her, making sure the blood that coats her isn't hers. I get a whiff of Alpha blood and de-scenter, making my nose wrinkle, and I sneeze when Rhen mind-links me.

'A little help,' he growls, and I rear forward on the next one, my teeth slicing through his shoulder. Yet I can't bring myself to move away from Zara. She is still frozen with fear, cowering beneath my hind legs. Rhen kicks off another, and I hear more coming when I glance down at her.

'Get her out of here. Raidon should be here any minute with the car,' I mind-link. He walks over to me and runs his fingers through my fur while I step over her.

I don’t know what shocks me more: Zara’s fisted grip on my belly or her panicked shout of "Don't hurt him."

We have given her hell for weeks, and she would still beg for him? Shaking my head, I look at Rhen. They will not touch her or my mate. I growl before launching myself at the newly arrived wolves, giving Rhen the chance to escape with her.

Chapter Thirty-Five

~Rhen~

Zara is almost limp in my arms when I scoop her up just as I hear Raidon's car skid to a stop at the end of the alleyway. I race toward it, leaving Thane behind as he keeps the other Alphas at bay. Raidon jumps out of the car and races to open the rear door, but I thrust her at him.

I force her into his arms because I have been around her too long; I am fighting a war inside my head. I can’t take her. Thane would kill me. It is a disrespect to disobey your Alpha, and though I can feel his instinct to protect her, he hasn't given his express approval. Which, by werewolf law, gives him the right to punish us as he sees fit if we were to take her now.

Thane wouldn't kill us, and his aura and rule hold us back, but we are still Alphas, stuck in a confined space with the scent of a heat-ravaged Omega.

Raidon gasps when the heat of her body touches him. "You take her," he says, trying to hand her back to me, but I hold my hands up, backing away from them. He growls, his pupils blowing out as he gets a whiff of her sultry scent before holding his breath.

"Fine," he snarls, sliding across the back seat with her, and I slam the door, rushing to the driver's side. I climb in and blast the AC, hoping to get rid of some of her scent. We can't roll the windows down without alerting the entire city to our location.

"Where are we taking her?" Raidon growls as Zara moans. Her estrus is forcing her into the next stage. She’s becoming rabid with her need to mate.

"Fuck! This isn't good, little Omega. Are you trying to get me killed?" Raidon purrs, his chest rumbling with his Calling as he tries to settle her. Instead of having the desired effect, she attacks him. Her lips maul his neck as she bites down and sucks on his flesh. I speed up, Raidon's arousal flooding me through the bond.

"To her apartment, which way?" I ask Raidon, and he moans lewdly.

"Raidon! Focus," I snarl at him.

"Bit fucking hard right now when she is grinding her pussy all over me," he snaps back, and I glance in the mirror at him. Her claws have slipped out and shredded his shirt. A savage moan escapes her as she begins licking his chest. I force my eyes away from them, trying to blink through the haze her pheromones are putting us under. I swallow, breathing through my mouth, when Raidon growls.

"So soft and warm," he murmurs, and I glance in the mirror to see him rubbing and squeezing her.

"Raidon, focus! What’s her damn address?"

He shakes his head. "Right, yeah. We can't take her there," he says, and I slow down.

"Where else are we going to take her?" I growl at him. He shrugs, and Zara grinds herself against his crotch before kissing him. Raidon groans, turning his face away, giving her the opportunity to latch onto his neck. She bites him, but she can’t mark him. Unless she marks Thane first, any mark she makes on us will never stick. Though, he’ll be livid when he sees her bite on him. He is a possessive beast.

"No idea, but I have seen her apartment building, and no way that place is secure. She will be hunted down in minutes," he gasps, and I peer at him again, watching as he grips her hips, trying to hold her still. His canines slip out as he fights for control.

"Man, I don't give a fuck where we take her but figure it out fast before I bury my damn cock in her."

Zara whines, tugging at his pants, trying to undress him as her instincts take over. It makes me wonder how she survived previous heats.

Is this her first?

I try to think where she would be safe. Nowhere comes to mind, not while she is in full-blown heat. Cursing, I rip the handbrake up and turn the steering wheel sharply, spinning the car around and jumping the median. Raidon slides into the door and grunts as he clutches the back of my seat, and Zara falls into the footwell behind me.