Omega (Alpha & Omega #1)

{Chapter Fifty Three}

I was going to kill her. The thought made a shot of fear rush through my entire body, but with that fear came resolution. I'd trained enough to be able to fight hand to hand with her. I could use knives - at least, I believed I could use knives. If all else failed, I'd have both Keon and Cayson within spitting distance.

But I still didn't want Keon killing his mother. I didn't even want him seeing me do it, but their plan had no room for mistakes. And both of them had to be there.

I looked down at the perfume I hadn't worn in months. It would make me smell like any other alpha, so she'd have no idea what was happening until it was too late.

They invited her over, and the thought made me sick. She was going to step into that house under the pretense of them saying they rejected me, not the other way around. That they realized their mistake only after mating with me, and that they were sorry.

She'd taken plenty from the two of them, and she even took a friend from me. There was no way I could let her continue, but what was I going to do? Sure, I trained enough. And maybe somewhere deep within me, I knew I could kill her. But what happened if she noticed? What happened if this carefully thought out plan backfired?

I probably won't be the only one killed.

Keon placed his palms on either side of my face and forced me to look at him. "You're going to be okay, Phoenix. If all else fails, Seth and Theo are going to be there. Nothing will happen to you."

I wasn't worried about me. I was worried about him.

If I did kill his mother, how would he see me? Would he resent me? He said it was all fine now, but when he sees it happen...I doubted it would be the same. Even with how much I disliked my father, I couldn't watch whatever it was they did to him. Keon expected to sit there and watch.

It wasn't going to work out.

One of us were going to get hurt, no matter the fact that Seth and Theo were there. They'd be too late.

But what else could we do?

I sprayed myself with the perfume.

I needed to feel safe. I wanted to be with Keon and Cayson and just relax. Not fear for my life, or have to train to save my own life. I wanted to be able to get to know them better, to maybe feel something more for them as my mates. I cared about them, but the whole "love" thing still concerned me. They told me they loved me on a regular basis, and I couldn't bring myself to say it back. I wanted to learn. To become more like them in their openness of their love for me.

I wanted to love them. To be in love with them. But I couldn't do that while fearing for my life.

It only took seconds before my pheromones were masked with the smell of an alpha. Dark chocolate. An evening between sheets with the only light being a flickering flame of a candle.

I didn't like the smell of alphas before, until I met Keon and Cayson.

I gave Keon a small nod of encouragement, and gave him a small push when there was a knock at the front door. I'd go down later. Let them sit down, eat, and talk. Explain they regretted every second after mating with me.

I didn't want to hear that. For some reason, I knew it would be believable. It had to be.

Keon slid a knife into my hand. "Do it quickly, okay? As much as I hate that she's been trying to kill you, I don't want her to suffer."

It was his mother. Of course he wouldn't want her to suffer. Especially not in front of him.

I pulled him down and kissed his cheek.