Page 65 of The Omega Archives: Part Two

“Hewon’tbe home for a while.Let’sgo before you pace a hole into the basement.”

“But I’m not supposed to go anywhere,” she said. “What if someone sees me?”

“Thenthey’llsee an omega and her alpha.”

She hesitated.

Did she think that I would let something happen to her? Sure, it was safer to be here in the house, but…there was another part of me that wanted to take her out, not necessarily to show off but alsoexactlyfor that reason.

“I’llkeep you safe, Ella.”

“What if I go into a heat again?” she asked.

Another valid question.

I forced myself not to chuckle, but Ididn’tsuppress the smirkIleaned in close to her.“Thenwe’llbe in for one exciting afternoon.”

“This what you wanted to come back to your office for?”Ella asked me after staring down at the mess of my desk.

I sorted through all the papers.“We’vebeen working ona lot ofthings in the city that Demetri has been taking over. There are businesses, properties, funds.”

“Like the omega funds,”she broached.

I paused my paper flipping and blinked up at her.“Yes.”

“Cal told me.”

“Ah.”That made more sense.“Because he wanted you to know that you had options.The fundsare meantfor omegas whodon’thave any other meansin many cases.Like scholarships, housing, and board.”

A crease formed between her brows.

“Before that. On our first date, I think it was.Heknew that I worked in the archives.”Her head nodded towards the one side of the room as ifin the direction ofwhere the library on campus would be.“A lot of the papers here were the ones I found.”

She had to be kidding.

There was tons of information here thatwe’dgotten a hold of in the past few weeks.

Cal saidthat hefound a sourcebutI had no idea what it was.I figured maybe he was digging stuff up in the library with all the time hewas spending there with Ella at the time.

“Youdidn’tknow?” She asked, narrowing her eyes as if she truly thought I was lying to her.

“Ididn’t.”Another thing Cal was hiding or just not saying. He was quite the secret keeper lately.

Honestly, though, it made a lot more sense.

“There was a lot more information than I thought, and what Icouldn’tfindI looked further into until…”She paused, eyes widening as if she was remembering something before curling back up in the seat in the corner of the office. She looked comfortable, but Icouldn’tstop staring at her.

“You found something?” I asked.

Shedidn’tanswer, looking down at the seams of the chair.

I almostcouldn'tbelieve it.“Ella, was there something that youdidn’tmanage to print before for Cal?”

Slowly, she shook her head.“Probably not. I mean…”

“Tell me,” I said. “Show me.”

She hesitated.

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