Page 27 of Curvy Dirty Omega

I turned my gaze back to the road before she glared at me again. How she always knew when I was looking…I shook my head and pressed down on the accelerator, signaling to get over so I could pull into the morgue’s parking lot.

Most people hardly ever noticed me, and that was purposeful on my part, but she was always aware of me, and I couldn’t figure out why. Could she scent me just like she could Liam despite those damn scent blockers he wore?

I parked the car and tried to ignore how pleased I was when Lucy didn’t instantly jump out of the car. She waited until I put the car in park and set the emergency brake before taking off her seatbelt. Then she waited until I turned the engine off before opening her door, looking both ways before stepping out slowly.

Such a well-trained omega.

Was that her partner’s doing, or was it just instinctual? Hard to tell when she was so closed off. Lucy Parker was a mystery, and I didn’t get very many of those.

Her partner? Decent alpha, but insecure. She took very good care of Lucy, even growling at Liam like she had the pheromones to challenge a legacy alpha. Maybe she did since she was a Lopez despite not getting the red eyes.

Unusual for those from a legacy pack though.

“She’s going to need to eat soon.”

I glanced back at the female alpha through the rearview mirror and saw her raising an eyebrow at me like I should know better. My hands tightened on the wheel, but I kept my expression emotionless.

“Dead bodies always make her hungry,” Frankie told me, smirking as she slid out of the car.

Like she knew just how disturbing that fact was.

I pulled out my phone as I unbuckled my seatbelt and texted Liam to make sure he had food ready by the time we got back, telling him what Frankie had said…word for word.

“Can we go already?” Lucy snapped, yanking my door open when she’d decided she’d waited long enough. “We can’t get in there without you, so stop dawdling.”

This fucking omega.

I snapped a picture of her and sent that to Liam too, ignoring her shock and disbelief. Maybe it would bring the other alpha to his senses, but knowing Liam…he’d probably like her even more for being such a brat.

“I was making sure you had something to eat when we get back.” I stepped out of the car too fast for her to get out of the way, crowding her against the opposite vehicle.

Her eyes widened when I shut the door behind me softly instead of slamming it. “You could have done that inside.”

“I could have,” I agreed, taking a step closer just to see what she would do.

Did she really have the bite to back up all that bark?

Lucy narrowed her eyes but didn’t try to put more distance between us. It was like she was daring me to touch her.

The wind whipped her hair into her face, but the rain had stopped for the time being. It was overcast with just enough sunlight to make her grey eyes gleam like the moon. What color would they turn when she’d been claimed? Would they turn the color of her alpha, or something different?

Her scent alone was barely there, but I’d been able to get a little whiff of it here and there, ever since she’d taken one of the black bands off her neck. It tickled my nose even now with the wind making her long coat flutter.

Black currant followed by the tiniest hint of something sharp and green which was instantly deepened by the patchouli and rose mixed in there. It was a really dark and complex scent for an omega.

It fit her perfectly.

Even her scent was enigmatic – that note of sharp greenery shifted her scent until it blended with all the others around it, impossible for most to detect thanks to the chameleon nature of it. The smell of black currants was intensifying the longer I stared down at her though, strong enough it was almost impossible to focus on any other scent.

She smelled just as dark and appealing as she looked.

“Why didn’t you?” Lucy finally asked, lifting her chin ever so slightly.

“Didn’t feel like it.” I pulled the lapels of her coat up to cover her neck before heading toward the morgue. It was best not to think too hard about why my hands had moved on their own, or why I felt better now that her neck wasn’t so exposed.

None of that mattered. Especially not the way her scent had bloomed in my presence.

Both of them followed me without a word and I threw the door open, letting Frankie catch it so I didn’t get caught catering to that omega again. It was fucking infuriating she managed to yank those instincts out of me despite all these years I’d spent learning how to ignore them.

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