Page 41 of The Omega Archives: Part One

ELLA

“You have a pack.”

Horror coated my voice and tongue. The sweetness from each kiss we shared quickly transitioned to something sickly and bitter.

Cal had a pack. He had a whole pack that bit him,bonded him.

And it didn't seem like that was the only bite he had hidden on his body meaning that he didn't just have one alpha.

He had alphas. Plural.

They could feel what he was feeling right now if they wanted. If they cared to listen in.

Oh my god. They could tell probably that I was with him- kissing him. Touching him.

I really didn’t know how bonds worked exactly, but it didn’t matter. I read the romance novels. I read the textbooks, and bonding was an intimate connection. A contract. Not only that, but bonding was until death.

DANGER. DANGER.

Cal's dark eyebrows furrowed as I stuttered my revelation. “I do.”

“You have a pack.” I couldn’t help but say it again as I still held onto his shirt. Clenching him to me.

I shoved myself away from him though there wasn’t much of anywhere to go in the cab of the car.

Hands that once smoothed down my skin, causing sounds to escape my throat I didn't even know I could make from a silly little kiss, grasped at the air between us as if he immediately felt the loss.

His expression shuttered.

“And the people you work for are...” I was putting it all together now. I just can’t believe I didn’t even question it all night when he was talking about roommates and good friends.

They weren't just BFFs. They were a pack.

I was such an idiot.

“My pack. That’s right.”

“Why didn’t you say anything? They can’t be happy that you are out and with me of all people. They probably know now and are angry.” Because that was another thing I knew. Alphas rarely shared.

Alphas were strong and couldn't control themselves when high emotions set in, like jealousy. Like when they thought someone was encroaching on something that was theirs.

“You of all people?” Cal chuckled, reaching back for my hands.

I felt exactly what he must’ve been feeling, the pulsating need between us the moment he leaned in for that kiss. The most amazing kissever.

Even if I hadn’t had much experience. I could tell that.

I balled my fingers into fists so that I wouldn’t give in.

All I wanted was to crawl over the center console and give in to him. All of him.

All the stress and tension that slowly melted off of me in the past few hours was rebounding. I glanced out the front window as if the alphas could show up at any moment.

“It’s okay, Ella." Cal's voice remained soothing, but it wasn't doing whatever he hoped it would. "They know.”

“What do you mean, they know.”

“I mean that we have a sort of open understanding,” assured Cal. “They’re a good pack. They aren’t likethat.”

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