Page 105 of Aries
“We found the mole. The last ambush was a failure thanks to the intel, but it went a lot deeper,” I explained.
“Who the fuck was it?” My father wasn’t a patient man.
“Alessio,” I answered with a sigh. “He’s currently bleeding out in the basement of this shed where he had my entire pack tied up.”
I gave him all the details I knew until Nik arrived. He and my father weren’t friends, but he filled in the blanks.
The fact he planted spies in Widow’s Peak to find us was insane. There were no limits to my brother’s delusions of grandeur.
“Don’t kill him. I want him sent home so I can do that myself. Even blood doesn’t cross me,” Victor Crow growled.
“I’m calling in cleanup and transport as soon as we hang up,” I said. “But right now, my omega is in shock, her heat was hitting before Alessio intervened, and I need to get our beta to a hospital.”
“So, you’re doing this whole pack thing?” The distaste in his voice had me letting out a chuckle.
“Yes. I’m already all in with her. She got herself out of her chains and took down Alessio while the others were tied up and I had to track them. She was glorious,” I said.
He grunted. “Fine. But you’re still a Crow. Don’t forget that.”
“I won't, but we are relocating. My pack belongs here in the mountains. I’ll still take jobs and expand the Crow’s reach, but for now, I’ll be focusing on my pack.”
“Sometimes I wish I would have taken the time to do that,” my dad admitted. I was so stunned by the comment I nearly dropped my phone. It was the first human moment I think I’d ever witnessed. He wouldn't say he was proud of me, but this was close to it. “I’ll be in touch.”
He hung up and I quickly handled calling in backup. We’d be stuck here for a while, but then we were free.
I’d closed up loose ends and there was no way I was walking away from Aries. She had a life here and we needed to figure out how our lives would look now that we had a real pack.
Nik and Luca managed to get Leon and Aries up the stairs and onto the lawn.
“A fresh ride is on the way,” I promised. She was stressed and exhausted, and I tugged her into my arms.
“You found us,” she managed, her head nuzzling into my shoulder. Her scent was stronger again, and slightly sweet. The stress didn’t help the heat stave off at all.
“Always. And when that tracker is in place, it’ll be even easier,” I promised.
At the end of the day, I was a Crow. Loving me meant I had contacts that would send most omegas running.
It also meant I’d have to make sure she stayed safe.
But for this omega? I’d burn the world down to make sure she never had to be afraid again.
Chapter
Thirty-Three
Nikolai
It took hours to get out of the ER. We had to explain that we were in an accident and wandered away for help after the other driver had abandoned the scene.
Thankfully, we were all beat up enough that they bought the story and whisked us back for help.
Aries was cagey around the doctors and her scent was getting stronger. One of them finally pointed out that we needed to get her home for her heat.
The moment that Leon was cleared with a quick warning to take it easy for a few days thanks to a severe concussion, we left.
Ronan was driving this time with Luca in the front seat. Leon and I had our omega with us in the back. We were only twenty minutes outside of Widow’s Peak when she bent over in pain, a pitiful groan echoing out of her.
“Fuck, I think it’s here,” she whimpered, clutching her stomach as tears pooled in her eyes.
