Page 30 of The Omega Archives: Part Two

Now, she didn’t look much better.

We needed to make her better.

Shaking myself out of my alpha that felt like it was about ready to burst out of my skin and do anything to make sure that the omega in front of him was alright, I forced myself to focus on the matter at hand. When Rylan called, I should’ve just let him call Omega Services, but I didn’t.

I could blame it on Cal or Demetri or even Marko who looked like he was developing a soft spot, but now looking at her…

“Ella,” I said, my voice soft as I studied her closer than I did before.

I had seen this omega before. I had seen her more than a few times too though I never even looked her way until now. I ran into her on the stairs and swore I smelt that tantalizing scent. It was the scent that was on the tip of my tongue. I couldn't get the feeling of it off my mind for the past two weeks, bothering me like a bad rash. She was what I needed to figure out.

It was her.

She was the thing I felt like I was forgetting—missing for nearly the past month.

My shoulders slumped. I breathed her in again, my alpha taking over for a second as I assessed the information. I looked at her from her black flats up to the crown of her head where her hair lay flat in desperate need of a shower.

The other omega next to her narrowed her eyes at me as if taking stock of her own.

I narrowed my eyes on her until I heard Rylan make a sound behind me. With a roll of her eyes, the other omega stood and moved away. I didn’t bother to notice when Ella was sitting in front of me looking undeniably pitiful compared to the girl Cal raved about.

So smart.

So witty.

So brave.

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry with her.

“Ella–”

“I didn’t want to call you. I didn’t know what else to do,” she whispered quickly, cutting me off. “My phone isn’t working and I didn’t know any other numbers, but I figured since you worked here at the university they’d know...”

Smart girl.

“They took my job. I’ve always been so good at my job," she hiccupped. “They’re taking everything.”

I spoke carefully. “Rylan told me. You shouldn’t have tried to come into work.”

“Because there was no point?”

That was only part of the reason. I shook my head. “You know why.”

“Because I’m stupid?”

Anger rose inside of me, unbidden. “Don’t you dare call yourself that. You really scared Cal and the rest of the guys when they realized you were gone.”

“Everything is going wrong.” She shut her eyes and took another deep breath with me. “I thought I could make it longer. Now everything Peter did for me was for nothing.”

“Peter?”

“It doesn’t matter,” she argued.

It sure as hell mattered to me. Who was this Peter? Was he one of the alphas that hurt her?

“I ruined it and everything is falling apart.”

The desperate ache in her voice steadily hit me in the chest. God, she was trying so hard to hold it together.

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