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!"

eyes widening in shock. I swallowed the lump in my throat and nodded. Turning to face the others, knowing they wouldn't look at me the same again. An Alpha should be strong,

who liked to be emotionally vulnerable, so nodding and

turning to look at the captives we had in the corner a sinister smile playing on his lips. "I will see to

voice choked with emotion. "You were going to... to end your own life?"

I just thought about taking the deal to end the pain, Pops." I admitted, blurting the words out quickly. "Lottie and Kane interrupted 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

unable 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

I whispered

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

more understanding.

smirk licking at the edge of my lips as the first flicker of hope ignited within me.

to make this right." My father added,

as this

to shit! That your Beta is tied and restrained, evidently beaten and

bubble of peace and dropping

reality we

is the cuffs I have on him"

laced with disgust, "You used the royal cuffs on