Their Secret Obsession by Pippa Moon

Knox POV

Before I could defend myself, our father stepped forward, his presence a calming force in the midst of the storm.

"Kane, please," he sighed, his voice gentle but firm. "This isn't helping anyone. We need to focus on finding a solution, not assigning blame."

"No, pops. He is right!" I admitted, feeling my heart sink. "I chose wrong, this whole cluster fuck of a situation is my fault. If I hadn't let that little cunt get to me." I seethed looking over at Mike as he sat on the ground beside Anthony, looking too smug for my liking. "Havoc wouldn't have felt the need to act like a feral beast and this shit would never have happened."

"He would have found a way." Adam piped up from the corner of the room, reminding me he was there. "From what Anthony here has said, he had this shit planned for a while."

"And let's not pretend the dickweed doesn't have a beating coming." Liam interjected smirking down at Mike before kicking his foot to get his attention.

"The day is still young!" Adam mused softly, and under any other circumstances, I would have smiled.

"But if I could have controlled my temper, then maybe Pops wouldn't have gotten hurt, maybe things would have been different and that demon scum wouldn't have convinced me it was my fault that Pops had been slaughtered! I wouldn't have been desperate to top myself and I wouldn't have put my girl at risk."

"Or the pups." Kane added, his tone softer this time.

"I didn't know about that; if I had... Fuck Kane!" I breathed a sob escaping my throat. "What have I done!"

lump in my throat and nodded. Turning to face the others,

same head space not so long ago. I get it!" I wasn't a guy who liked to be emotionally vulnerable, so nodding and biting

to be ashamed of, but don't worry Knox, it will never leave this room." Liam added before turning to look at the captives we had in the corner a sinister smile playing on his lips. "I will see to that! Happily!" He added, stepping towards my father's best friend and Beta. Sensing my father stepping closer to me, I expected him to intervene as

choked with emotion. "You were going to... to end your own life?" His words took me

us and prevented the demon from ending my suffering, but I agreed to it nonetheless." I could see the realisation dawning on my father's face and had to look away, not wanting to see the disappointment carved on his face, knowing the image would be committed to memory

to speak past the lump in my throat. As I looked into my father's tear-filled eyes, I realised that his silence wasn't born of shame, but of heartbreak. Heartbreak

I whispered after

words a barely audible plea for forgiveness. didn't know what else to do." I saw something shift in my brother's expression.

more understanding.

us together, a smirk licking at the edge of my lips as the first flicker of hope ignited within me. "We'll figure this out, Knox," Kane murmured, his voice a soothing balm against the wounds

right." My father added, the three of us

cute as

gone to shit! That your Beta is

bubble of peace and

we now

the cuffs I have on

the royal cuffs on him? Isn't that a crime?" He added his lips pulling tightly