Page 1 of Puck & Her Blades

CHAPTER 1

Blade Arena, Washington

Puck

“Was I bought in the online Omega auction by a loving pack?” I ask with agonized hopefulness. “Plus, one who I can love back and protect?”

I may be an Omega but protecting my pack is my top priority.

It always has been.

My heart is beating too fast. My pulse pounds.

I force myself to straighten my shoulders and not show the fear that’s coursing through me like Mom taught me.

But it’s so fucking hard.

I’m terrified.

I’ve been trapped in the Omega Institute for the last six months.

From the moment that I was marked as a Reject and sold by my family, being claimed by a new pack is all that I’ve dreamed about.

It’s my only hope to find a new family who won’t abandon me again.

I’ll have a chance to become more than my failures.

Mistakes.

Defects.

Perhaps, I’ll be worthy of a true bond.

I’m desperate to create a safe home, where my male Omega is treasured like he should be, my Beta can choose his own role, and my Alpha is respected…but only as much as he respects his Omegas.

Hell, I hope that the Alpha is liberal.

What if he’s a Traditional and once he meets me, he rejects me like my old pack did?

I’m not the fluffy, sweet kind of Omega.

Plus, I’m broken.

As the only Omega figure skater in the world, I’ve been taught strength by my Alpha parents and not the automatic obedience that most Alphas appear to love in their Omegas.

What if my new pack don’t love me?

My chest tightens.

I can’t be rejected again.

Can’t.

Perhaps, I can learn to behave like a typical Omega and wear a mask? After all, I’ve performed in the sporting world long enough to learn about PR spin and that everybody wears a different face in public than in private.

Yet can I truly keep up a submissive act around my new Alpha all the time?

What if he discovers my secret?

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