Page 101 of The Omega Archives: Part Two

Caldidn’tsay a word next to her when she turned to look at him. None of us did.

“My brother came and got me one night. He got me out and took me back to the house to gather our things before he said we were going to run away only…”She took another deep breath. I squeezed her hand.“Wedidn’tget that far.”

I asked her.“What happened?”

“Peter saved money and had tickets booked for the both of us to get out of there. Only, I went into heat quickly the first time. And it was as if they knew. The Davinsons came looking for me almost immediately after Peter snuck in to get me. And if they did, Peter told me what I already knewat that point.I’dbecome BenjaminDavison’sbond. His servant. His slave.

“Peter hid me when they showed up– He locked me in a secret room in the basement,”Ella spoke louder as she reached the end of the story. God, I hoped it was the end.“I rode out my first heat alonethereand… no one found me.”

“You got out,”Cal whispered.

“My brother had it all set up for me. I just needed not to get caught. And Ididn’tbecause…because he let himself get caught for me. They killed him right there. They shot him in the chest. Hedidn’teven die immediatelyandI was too out of it to be there with him.To even realize.Then, I left him in the middle of nowhere while I ran.”

No one spoke for a long moment. I could hear the gentle wind outside. I wonder if we would all ever be able togo backto that now thattheyknew. They knew why I was hiding.

And they were hiding me.

“He always warned me if I ran…he’dfind me,”Ella said. Her eyes widenedagain,as if remembering something, and her breaths stuttered visibly out of her chest.

“Hehasn'tfound you yet, smart girl,”said Liam, a hard edge of his jaw.“Is that… is that who you thought you saw today?”

She shook her head. “No. I thought I saw his brother. Though that a made no sense. His brother wouldn’t have been an omega,” she said. “I’m worked up is all about it and I guess now that I’m here…”

“It’s all rising to the surface,” murmured Marko.

“Those people will never find you now. Not if I have any say in it,” said Liam.

“We’ll make sure of it,” Demetri agreed.

After a second, she nodded.“I believe you. I just…I understand if youdon’twant me here anymore.I’ma lot of troubleandI hate that you are looking at me like that.”

“Like what?”

“Like… Like you’re pitying me,” she whispered.

Cal hastily shook his head.“I promiseit’snot pity, beautiful.”

“Never,”agreed Liam, voice pinched.

“We are honored you told us,” I said, slowly, still trying to contain myself and my emotions raging inside of me so I didn’t share them through the bonds. I needed to keep us calm and together right now even as our world, our omega’s world was turned upside down.

No wondershehad been so nervous. So frightened of us.“You have nothing more to worry about.”

“Okay,”she looked between us all, still slightly unsure. She nodded again.“Okay.”

We all huddled around our omega.

Our omega.

We all agreed now. There was no doubt in the bond or between our faces. She was ours.

No matter what.

Chapter

Thirty-Three

MARKO

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