Page 58 of The Omega Archives: Part Two

“No.”

“When I went out with Cal, well, let’sjustsay it didn’t take long for my omega to seize the opportunity.”

“Oh my god.”

I’m glad someone was finally having a similar reaction as I did. Complete and utter horror. “Cal’s alpha found me.”

“Oh my god,” Rita repeated.

“And took me back to their place.”

“Did they take advantage of you?”

“No.Theywere, well,theywere just as confused as I was from what I heard. I was pretty out of it. They had a doctor look me over.Turnsout the suppressants I’d been taking for so long were causing more than just the side effects you’d been warning me about,” I said. “Please don’t tell me I told you so.”

“I’ll hold it back for now,” my best friend promised.

“I appreciate it.”

“So you are staying with them?”

“Yeah. For now. Just until I get things under control.”

“They aren’t like… forcing you or anything, are they?”

“No,” I said quickly. “Theyaren’t. They are actually…nice.”

“Ella Jones is calling a pack of alphas nice?”

“Cal is here too.”

“I already met the beta, he’sa marshmallow in disguise,” Rita waved me off with her voice alone. “This is crazy.”

“I know. Buttheysort ofare letting me figure things out before I go to Omega Services since all that has to happen now since I clearly can’t go back on the pills that were slowly killing me.”

“So you’re not only an omega now, but an unclassifiedomegastaying in a house of alphas.Thisis a lot, Ella.”

“I know.”

“I can come and see you.I can take off my lecturesand cancelmy classes and be there within an hour,” Rita insisted.“You’re close, right?”

“No, you don’t have to do that.”

“I will.”

“It’s okay. After the past few days, I could use the time alone,” I mumbled as I continued to pace back and forth through the quiet townhouse.

“Are you sure?”

“Everyone mainly is out of the house as far as I can tell since I woke upsoI’m also justtaking a lookaround…”

“You’re snooping.”

“That makes it sound bad.”

“Have you found anything good yet?” asked Rita. “Oh, I just had a feeling that Cal’s pack wouldbe loadedinsomany ways. Please tell me the place is nice.”

“It’s in the historic district.”

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