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I can never claim an omega of my own, and it was convenient that I never seemed to fall prey to the same desires as my peers. Carefully prying myself out from under her feverish form, I stumble toward the door.

“Whoa,” Tanner whispers, sitting up straight in his bed as his head cocks predatorily.

I don’t bother with a shirt, simply snag my key card from the table. “She’s burning up. Take care of that.”

“What the hell does that mean?” Tanner hisses.

I don’t respond as I open and close the door, striding out to…

I don’t know what the hell I’m doing.

“What?” Grady grunts, yanking open the door to the hotel room he’s sharing with my sister. “You forgot your shirt.” He gives me a once-over, pointing at my dick. “Damn, man, no wonder you’re so cocky. Still, you might want to put that weapon away.”

I swipe a hand over my face. “It’s been like this since I woke up. It’s very unsettling. That’s not why I’m here.” That might be a small misdirection of the truth. Still, I never fall victim to physical desires, and I need to know why this is happening. “I need to speak to Kane.”

Grady chuckles. “I had a feeling, based on your reaction to her and her reaction to you.”

“What does that mean?” I growl, taking a step forward.

“Hold.” Grady backs up, preparing to close the door in my face. “I don’t get paid enough for this. I’ll get Kane.”

I don’t pay him at all, which only makes me more irate.

I spin in a circle as my instincts try to drag me back toward my hotel room.

My body aches with the urge to smell her scent and even taste it, which doesn’t make rational sense. If she was in front of me now, I’d lick every inch of her skin, and even that wouldn’t satiate my need for her.

Kane pops out the door, yanking a T-shirt down over his chest. “What’s wrong?” he asks, instantly on edge.

I growl, slamming my forearm against his chest. It shoves him back against the closed door. “Three years ago, you told me you knew my sister was a scent match, and then you rambled about something else. Repeat those things I ignored the first time around.”

Kane’s face breaks out into a shitty smile that makes me ache to rip his head from his shoulders. “No fucking way.”

“You talked nonsensically about storms and lightning, electricity, and compatibility,” I growl, baring my teeth. “Explain that to me now.”

Chapter Thirteen

Laken

An agonized moan slips from my lips as I curl up in the fetal position. Ranger’s smell is everywhere, but he ran. He woke up and bolted away from me as fast as he could move.

My eyes ache as I fight the urge to burst into tears. Being rejected by a compatible alpha is tough, but nothing compared to the feeling of watching him run away from me.

There’s a deeper compatibility between me and Ranger than even a scent match.

My stomach aches with cramps so painful, my legs twitch.

Being an omega is awful and ridiculous.

It’s legitimately terrible at times.

A miserable feeling hits me hard as my brain processes that I haven’t had my suppressants in days. They were already starting to fail, and being around compatible alphas hurried along that process.

It takes about three seconds for my thoughts to move to how lucky I am that this didn’t happen while I was with those other men. Plenty of the guys at that compound were alphas.

My eyes clench shut as I say a very heartfelt thank you to the universe or some higher power that protected me from that.

Another painful wave of cramps rips through my abdomen, and I struggle to sit up.

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