CHAPTER 17
BROCK
I couldn’t stop watchingthe video of the Omega, held down and drugged while she screamed.
Her face looked familiar.
Too familiar.
But it can’t be her, it justcan’t.
If it is…
I threaten to drown in the guilt, faced with a reality I can’t bear.
Edenis a good place.
Edenoffers amenities that others would kill for.
But beautiful, smart Olive graces me with a smile and snaps me out of my stupor.
“Will you walk me down?” She asks sweetly. Kindly.
“Of course,” I answer, and her smile grows wider.
And at that moment, I’m so jealous of Killian that I could scream.
He got to taste her.
Touch her.
Did she smile for him, as she’s smiling at me?
Regardless, it’s a change for the better. The last time I saw her, she threatened to bite my cock off.
So, jealousy, aside, I’ll take what I can.
“How’s your foot?” I ask. “Do you need me to help you?”
She hesitates for a moment but reaches out her hand. “Yes, that would be great, actually.”
I take her hand in mine, helping her stand, and she leans against me.
I almost combust.
Touching her, even in this gentle way, is enough to make me wantmore.
Her scent, as delicate and delicious as ever, floods through me, making my cock twitch.
“It’s healing, at least,” she adds, as I lead her down the hallway. “But I miss being able to walk normally.”
“Howdidyou get hurt?” I ask.
“Glass,” she mutters. We reach the elevator, and she presses the button. “I was staying in a crumbled apartment unit. I thought I had cleaned most of the debris away, but I missed a beer bottle.”
“Fuck,” I murmur. The doorsdingand I lead her inside, keeping my arm wrapped around her shoulder.
“Yeah. And now, you understand why the hospital wasn’t an option.”