Page 41 of Escaping Monsters

Chapter Fourteen

Oliver’s anger flooded through my chest, along with the sharp slice of betrayal. He longed for me just as his rage rose into a murderous fury.

“Let me in, Omega,” he roared, reinforcing the order.

His dominance wrapped around my chest like a steel cable, and my hand lifted. It was like I had suddenly become a puppet, and Oliver’s dominance was the hand controlling me. My fingers closed around the deadbolt.

“No!” I screamed as I started to turn the lock. There was a rush of sound, and then hands wrapped around my shoulders and yanked me back into a wet, naked chest.

Arms wrapped around me, stopping me from grabbing the lock, but Oliver’s order constricted around my neck, choking off my air. I had to obey him. I had to open the door.

I fought against the man holding me, but they held me effortlessly. A ringing grew louder in my ears, and I could hear the low murmur of voices under the ringing but, I couldn’t hear the words.

A new, stronger dominance hit me, and I gasped for air.

“Breathe,” a low male voice said, and Ace’s fear and determination flooded through my body, mingling with Oliver’s fury.

I gasped, choking on the oxygen. As soon as I had air, my body was fighting to get to the door again, but the man continued to restrain me. My vision cleared enough that I could see Ace’s face just before mine. As he leaned in, water dripped from his curly hair. Both men had clearly still been in the shower when they rushed to me.

Ace ordered me to breathe again, and air flooded my lungs.

“If I don’t open that door, it’s going to take an hour or more for his order to wear off,” I managed before I was out of oxygen again.

“Breathe,” Ace ordered, and I gasped in once more.

“One of us should go after him,” Chad said as he continued to restrain my wild movements. “If we catch him, then she can open the door safely.”

“Can you order her to take breaths and stop her from touching the door?” Ace asked before he told me to inhale once more.

“Don’t move me any further away. The further away I am, the harder the order hits,” I managed before I was out of breath.

“Breathe,” Chad ordered, but I couldn’t.

My vision tunneled, and I just managed to shake my head.

Ace commanded me to inhale, and I could finally gasp in air.

“That werewolf is more dominant than you, Chad,” I said.

Ace looked between me and the door. “Teagan, I’m not strong enough to hold you in place without risking pushing you back. What do we do?”

“Let her go,” Oliver called through the door, and I felt Chad shudder, but his arms stayed strong around me.

“Command him away,” I managed after Ace ordered me to breathe once more.

“Move out of earshot of the firehouse,” Ace ordered through the door, before he turned and ordered me to inhale again.

Ace gritted his teeth. “Fuck he’s strong. I can’t hold both of you for long.” He shuddered. “Breathe, Teagan.”

“Let me open the door, and then I’ll run upstairs,” I said as my body fought against Chad’s failing grip.

“I see. If Chad lets you go and you open the door, then you can both head upstairs while I hold the werewolf at bay.” Ace nodded and then ordered me to breathe.

Chad released me, and I grabbed for the lock, turning it and opening the door.

Hands grabbed me around my knees and back, and Chad swooped me into his arms. He thundered up the stairs as I dragged in sweet oxygen. My eyes throbbed and my whole body felt feverish as I ached and shook.

Chad took me straight back to the shower room I’d just exited from where the three showers were still spraying.