In Knots by Hannah Haze

Author:Hannah Haze [Haze, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2022-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

“You’d like that, Omega?” Cam asks with intensity.

“It isn’t my decision alone to make.” I take a steadying breath, trying to calm my racing heart. “It depends what all of you want. What you as a pack want?”

“She’s right,” Ryan says.

“I think we should talk about it at home,” Cam says and the others nod.

We walk home in silence, and I know the alphas are lost in their thoughts. But there’s anticipation in the air, sizzling between all of us, so fierce I can almost hear it crackling. Their strides are quick, so quick, I have to trot to keep up, and Ryan’s grip on my hand is much tighter than it was on the way here. Then there are their scents, so dense it would be suffocating if these were any other alphas. Instead, it makes my head spin and I’m surprised I have the capacity to walk at all.

At the garage, Ryan leads me around the back of the building, where there are a few plastic chairs resting in a circle, a barbecue pushed up against a wall, and an old oil drum sitting in the middle, ashes piled in its belly.

No one sits. Instead, the pack spans out in a circle facing one another and for a moment I feel as if I’m intruding.

“Should I go while you talk this out?” I ask.

“No, I think you should stay,” Ryan says. “You need to know how everyone feels and they need to know how you feel.”

I gulp a little. Can I even articulate how I feel? Everything is moving so fast. And it can’t lead anywhere anyway? I need to be honest about that even though the thought of ending this thing makes my stomach ache.

“I’m calling a pack meeting,” Ryan says. The others nod their agreement. He turns to me. “Everyone has a turn to say their piece. Then we talk about it. And then we vote.”

“Vote?”

“If we can’t agree. We take it to a vote. Living in a pack isn’t always plain sailing, princess. Sometimes you make sacrifices. Sometimes you have to go with decisions you don’t like.” He meets my eye and I hope to god this decision goes my way.

“I want to speak first,” I say, lifting my chin.

So many times I’ve kept quiet, bitten my tongue and kept my thoughts to myself. So many times I’ve locked all my feelings inside, bubbling away and driving me insane. I’ve not wanted to cause trouble, to upset my parents or my friends.

Not anymore. I’m going to say exactly how I feel.

“Go ahead,” Bear says, offering me the floor.

I suck in a deep breath, taking in each of their faces. They’re watching me intently, Bear with his arms crossed across his broad chest, Buzz with his hands tucked inside his pockets, Cam stroking his chin.

“I’ve never felt this way before,” I say. “I know … I know that sounds stupid, something people probably always say at the start of a relationship, when everything is new and exciting.

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