The Omega's Choice

glass is already spotless, but I keep rubbing, as if

always quiet-only the occasional foot

for hiding.

in the back of my mind. "Even if I

ghter. "You don't even

him all our l

lover. We were on

ng I felt that one day was heaven. We'll nev

the spirit y

ht, unmistakable. My body stiffens as the

ws him. Alpha Nox. T

d the faintest whiff of spice. My hand pauses, curiosity ge

ath ca

is jaw is tight, dark eyes unreadable, and his hair is slight

nd Zara's half brother. Their father, Beta Conan wa

Zara, and th

across his brow, a half-smirk playing on his lips, and

ous in a ch

looking. Not when I've spent weeks trying to hold myself to

rd, you know that?" Lior

ne," Nox replies, calm and cold,

soft whimper.

palm flat against the glass to steady myself

ing harder, my tears clouding my vision. I bit

s stop b

n't

eetheart. The window's already clean. You'll rub

Lior stands behind me, his smirk soft but teasing.

d wind-wraps around

his eyes land fully on my

ack like he's touched fire. "

per. "Most peopl

"Are you...

aid a word, hasn't moved an inch

st, where the mating bond p

voice lowers. "But you'

smile. "You know what they sa

he tucks his hands into his pocke

nk y

t nod. "Anytime

Without waiting for a reaction, I hurry down th

Nox's eyes burning into my back like he'

wa

whispers, her voice trembling. "Still

t the cold window. "Let hi

***

h dinner. My hands move on instinct, arranging plat

feeling. Easier

n walks Zara, poised and perfect, fo

almost glows. "Tamsin," she says, like we're

d. "

row. "Setting the

wer. There'

Cold. Sharp. I've always known her to be distant,

he says smoothly, eyes p

head. "Of c

n her voice slices through th

. Just long enough to

ook back.

d loud and safe from cruel words spoken

gainst the wall,

that? All I've literally been doing my whole lif

, I guess. Maybe it's a curse to be rejected

uh

eak to us anymore. You th

we're not curse

fills in. "That'

, shu