Page 39 of Shattered Omega

“It’s the same for me and the…” I frowned. “The bookshelves and having everything out of pattern.” I didn’t really know how to explain it. The chaotic hexagon bookshelves had been damaged in the trashing of my nest. Still, Ransom had told me this morning that he was going to sort them out.

We settled down to turn on the movie, but before it started, I turned to Roxy.

“I… need a bit of help.”

“With what?”

“Is there anything in Omega Studies about seducing alphas?”

“You need to seduce your alphas?” Roxy asked, an eyebrow rising sceptically.

“Well…” I tapped my finger on my mug of hot chocolate. “I’m feeling very seduced rather than the other way around.”

All the research I was doing to figure out how we might save them, well… all paths seem to be leading to the same thing.

Roxy grinned. “Shatter, you have those alphas wrapped around your little finger.”

I felt the pout on my face as I thought of resorting to ice packs to survive class. Dusk hadn’t even been trying. “I’m always the one being seduced.” I needed to know how to flip the script.

Fucking Dusk and his fucking punishments. Heat crawled up my neck at the thought of it.

I tried to shove it away.

I had to be mad at him for a little longer. I can’t believe he’d threatened a divorce. Instinct reared its ugly head at the mere thought of it, and I had to stamp them down so my nightshade didn’t ruin Roxy’s beautiful winter wonderland.

But how dare he—that pack was mine.

“Okay,” Roxy was saying. “You have everything you need. You just have to know how to use it.”

“How do I do that?”

“Do you want something specific from them?” she asked, giving me a sly look.

“Kind of.” I crossed my arms. “Just a few asks that I don’t want them thinking too hard about.”

Not that I wanted to trick them, but this was important.

Roxy gave me a grin. “I know a couple of good pack romances that will show you what I’m talking about,” she said, nodding at the TV.

“Yes!” I was so down for another movie night.

“So. Jasmine officially became the Lincoln pack omega,” Roxy said, eyeing me as she typed a movie into the TV.

“I heard.” I chewed on my lip. “Guess they had to choose someone.”

“Shit reputation or not, there is more than one omega in this school who would go for money no matter what.”

“You think they, uh… picked her on purpose?” I asked. “To… upset me?” It wasn’t like people didn’t know Jasmine and I didn’t like each other.

“I think they’re fighting to stay relevant. They’re big on their own image. They looked too out of control after the ball. This makes them seem more… calculated? I suppose. Going for the only omega who challenged their own scent match.” Roxy clicked on the movie but hit pause when it started. “Is there anything going on between you and them still?” she asked. “They wanted your bond at the ball, then they vanished. Have they asked for further negotiations?”

I considered that. I couldn’t tell Roxy everything, but there were some parts that were obvious from the outside. “They’re… trying.”

“I hope Dusk’s having none of it.”

“Nope.”

“Bit awkward for Jasmine if that gets out, though,” Roxy said. “I doubt they told her that.”

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