Chapter 201: Angered
Rian stood frozen for a moment; his eyes wide with shock as he took in the sight before him. Knox huddled in the corner, looked utterly vulnerable, his body trembling as Ragel loomed over him.
But what astonished him more was the blood dripping on the floor.
Ragel’s teeth were sunk into his arm, and blood was trickling down from the wound, staining the floor and Knox’s clothes. The intensity of the pheromones in the room was overwhelming, making it difficult for Rian to think clearly. Yet forced himself to move, to act, lest the younger alpha would die from blood loss.
It was his first time seeing an alpha biting his arm off rather than losing himself in the pheromones of an omega in heat. Even Rian was pressed down, affected by the lavender scent of Knox.
"Oh, f*ck. Get off him, kid!" Rian’s voice was strained as he lunged forward, grabbing Ragel by the shoulders and pulling him away from Knox.
Ragel snarled, his eyes glazed with the haze of his rut, but he didn’t resist as Rian dragged him to the other side of the room. Rian’s heart was pounding in his chest as he looked back at Knox, who was barely conscious, his breath coming in ragged gasps.
Rian quickly assessed the situation.
He cursed through gritted teeth after seeing the metal cuffs on Ragel’s feet. He was shackled to the other room, the chains clinking as he moved.
Rian needed to get Knox out of here first, away from the overpowering scent of Ragel’s rut and Knox’s heat, which were creating a dangerous mix of pheromones in the confined space.
"Knox, hang in there," Rian muttered, scooping the omega up into his arms. Knox was feverish, his skin burning hot to the touch, and his scent was so intense that Rian had to grit his teeth to keep his own pheromones under control.
He had his shares of omegas spending their heat with him, so he knew how to handle them somehow, thankfully.