Page 8 of The Silver Pact
I can’t lose her.
“Bite.”
She shakes her head. Just a weak movement from side-to-side. I snarl at her.
“Bite!” I order in a bark that allows no obedience. She sinks her teeth into my hand. The bond between us flickers with strength. “Now, you will live. You will have a purpose. My purpose. My pack will be your home. My pack will be your family. You will live, Omega,” I order in those same tones, refusing to let her go.
Her eyes blink up at me, so blue, like sapphires. She’s lost and confused, but that’s okay. She won’t be for long. It doesn’t matter that she’s my omega now. The position was filled in my heart a long time ago.
“What did you just do to my sister?” Onyx snarls, attempting to pull Silver out of my arms, but I lift her, cradling her to my chest, and refuse to let Onyx touch her.
I snarl back at her. “I gave her a reason to stay.”
Onyx glances at Silver and does a double take. “What…what happened to her?”
“I have no idea, but when Adrian’s seen her, I’m taking her home, and I’m going to find out.”
Silver whimpers, but when Quint comes closer, she hesitates, and then struggles free with surprising strength and pushes her way between the twins, clutching onto their shirts to keep her up. West lifts her easily into his arms and holds her close.
“She should stay with me!” Onyx says calmly, with complete irrational thought.
I scoff at Onyx’s ridiculous demand. “Absolutely not. You have a pack, and an omega to protect, and that.”
I point at a barely visible baby bulge. “Silver can come stay with us. It’s safe, it’s clean, no one will get to her.”
“But she’s-”
Dylan murmurs in Onyx’s ear. She bursts into tears and turns into his arms.
“I know. I just don’t want to see her get hurt,” Onyx cries out.
I assume I’ve won the battle and catch sight of Falcon, Silas, and Grayson’s grateful expressions. It rubs me the wrong way, but I don’t say anything.
Adrian and Jade get here, and he rushes over. “Lay her down on the table.” West carefully lays her down on the outdoor table but stays close, holding her hand, while Adrian checks her over. He shakes his head.
“Oh, god, why didn’t she come to us for help!” Jade whispers. “We’re friends. Why didn’t she tell me she was in trouble? Shit, I knew I should have found her before we left on that holiday! I’m so stupid.”
No one answers her. Silver is a mystery unto herself. No one knows why she does anything. And since she’s passed out again, no one can ask her anything, either.
“Let's get her to your house. I can set up an IV and get some fluids into her and check these bruises. It doesn’t look too bad, but I need to check some-” Adrian hesitates, and my stomach flips over.
“Okay,” I say and swallow hard. I carefully lift her into my arms. She weighs nothing.
Jade and Kandi trot along behind us. Neither of them ask questions, but Kandi opens the back of a huge SUV. I turn and put Silver into West’s arms before climbing up into the back seat. He hands her to me, then climbs in.
“Where are we headed?” Ross shouts.
“Our house,” I say evenly. I glance at Adrian through the door and meet his eyes. “I have a setup there for emergencies. It’s safe, sterile, and has what you might need to treat her.”
He nods. “Kandi, meet me at home.”
“Fine, but I’m sending Sven over,” Kandi growls.
The omega and her beta peel away from the car and disappear.
I direct the alpha the five minutes to my house, and then open the gate with my key fob. She’s so small in my arms, and her breathing is strained and painful.
“You look awful,” I tell Silver as her eyes blink open and look up at me.