All Chapters of Desperate Omega Seduces the Cold Enigma for his protection: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Kai's POVI saw Jax talking to the woman from the kitchen window.She was beautiful. Tall and elegant and polished. Everything I wasn't. She moved with the kind of confidence that came from a lifetime of being told you were important.Jax looked tense. His shoulders were rigid. His hands were clenched at his sides. He didn't look happy to see her.But he was talking to her. That was something.I felt a twist of jealousy in my stomach. I hated it. I hated how small it made me feel. But I couldn't help it.When Jax came back inside, I was standing in the middle of the kitchen, pretending to organize the counter."Who was that?" I asked. I tried to sound casual. I failed.Jax closed the door behind him and leaned against it. "Alpha Selene Voss.""Alpha?" I felt my stomach drop. "She's an alpha?""Yes. A powerful one. She's on the council."I set down the cloth I was holding. "What did she want?"He was quiet for a moment. Then he said, "She offered to help. With the council hearing. She

Kai's POV She appeared in the doorway while I was making tea. I hadn't heard her come in. She moved like a ghost."Kai," she said. Her voice was smooth and pleasant. "I was hoping I'd find you alone."I turned slowly, clutching the mug in my hands. "What do you want?""To talk." She stepped into the kitchen, her heels clicking on the floor. "I think we got off on the wrong foot."I didn't say anything. I just watched her.She smiled. That perfect, empty smile. "I know you think I'm here to take Jax away from you. But that's not my intention.""Then what is your intention?"She moved closer. Her scent was sharp and floral. It made my head spin."I'm here to help," she said. "Jax is powerful. But he's also isolated. He has no allies. No political backing. If the council rules against him, he'll lose everything. Including you."I felt my heart pound. "He doesn't need your help.""Doesn't he?" She tilted her head. "He told you he can fight the council alone. But you know that's not true.

Knox's POVThe ride back to my territory was long and cold.Marcus's words echoed in my head. *I want to make Jax watch. I want him to see what happens to the people he loves.*There was something wrong with that man. Something deeply, fundamentally wrong. He didn't just want to win. He wanted to destroy. To break. To leave nothing but ashes.I had known that when I agreed to work with him. But now, sitting in the cold, I was starting to wonder if I had made a mistake.I thought about Kai. The way he had looked at me when I took him from the Lunar Reavers. The fear in his eyes. The way he had trembled under my hands.I had told myself it was just about power. About ownership. About having something that belonged to me.But it wasn't just that anymore.I had been thinking about him more and more. Not just as a possession. Not just as a body to use. But as something else. Something I couldn't quite name.When Marcus talked about hurting him, about using him to break Jax, something insid

Kai's POV I saw Selene leave the shed. She looked pleased with herself. That smug, satisfied smile that made me want to slap her. I didn't know what she had said to Jax, but I knew it wasn't good. I waited for her to disappear into the trees, then I walked toward the shed. Jax was standing inside, staring at something in his hands. His expression was distant. Troubled. "Jax?" I said softly. He looked up. Something flickered in his eyes. Doubt. Suspicion. It was there and gone in an instant, but I saw it. I had learned to read people. It was a survival skill. And what I saw in his eyes made my stomach drop. "What's wrong?" I asked. He was quiet for a moment. Then he folded the paper in his hands and tucked it into his pocket. "Nothing," he said. "Just thinking." "About what?" "About the council hearing. About what happens after." I stepped closer. "You're lying." He looked at me sharply. "What?" "I can tell when you're lying." I stopped in front of him. "Your jaw tighten

Jax's POVI came back from patrol to find Kai standing in the middle of the main room, staring at the wall.He didn't turn when I walked in. He didn't acknowledge me at all."Kai?" I said softly.No response.I crossed the room and stood in front of him. His eyes were glassy. Distant. He looked like he was somewhere else entirely."Kai." I touched his face. "What happened?"He blinked. His eyes focused on me slowly."Selene was here," he said. His voice was flat. Empty.I felt anger flare in my chest. "What did she say?""She told me I'm holding you back. She told me you'd be better off with someone who could give you what you need." He paused. "She told me that if I really loved you, I would leave."I grabbed his shoulders. "Kai. Look at me."He did. His eyes were wet."I told you before. She's lying. She's manipulating you. Trying to get inside your head.""Maybe." He pulled away from me. "But what if she's right?"I stared at him. "What?""What if I am holding you back?" He walked