Page 79 of Curvy Nerdy Omega

Liam told me he didn’t know I was an omega before that incident. For whatever reason, I believed him. He didn’t know who, or where I was before his mother hired me to solve his brother’s murder.

Jesus.

That day we said goodbye was so long ago I’d almost convinced myself he was a figment of my imagination even though I had proof he existed.

Proof Liam had stolen.

Fuck, he’s been playing with me, hasn’t he? Why else wouldn’t he tell me sooner?

No wonder they’d called this a game.

My heart broke.

The pain was brutal and I had no idea how to deal with it.

Biting down on the inside of my cheek forced physical pain to spike through the sensation of my heart shattering, giving me something else to focus on.

The sharp tang of blood in my mouth.

All I wanted to do was give in to the overwhelming urge to cry. Everything I’d done for the last fifteen years, everything I’d endured…

I really thought I’d been discarded. I thought he’d forgotten all about me and that he’d want nothing to do with me now.

What was his endgame then? Was he hoping I’d be grateful that he’d come back and then lied to me for weeks? Was I supposed to pretend that I was just fine with that? Was I supposed to pretend that it wasn’t eating me alive that he’d known everything and let me believe otherwise?

The enormity of my foolishness made me sick.

Because how…how could I have forgotten? My father spent years teaching me everything he knew…

Remember, Daphne, any sign of weakness and they’ll use that as an excuse to sink their teeth into you. They like to bark and bite, tearing through flesh…

How could I ever forget?

They have a repulsive habit of lying to get what they want because they don’t know how to love like we do. They only know how to possess.

How did I let this happen?

Do not forget what they are.

How—how? How could I be so stupid?

They will betray you, Daphne.

It was all true. Everything he’d told me was true.

‘Love is rich with both honey and venom.’ Don’t ever forget that, because this world we live in is filled with deception and betrayal. They are alphas. Hunters. Predators. But even wolves bleed like the rest of us.

Sick to my stomach.

Hardly breathing.

I pressed my hand to the crippling pain in my chest and realized it’s never hurt so badly to be right.

What was I supposed to do with this feeling? How was I supposed to come to terms with everything I’ve learned?

Liam Valor hadn’t just made the ground crumble beneath my feet. No, he’d obliterated my entire world. There were no pieces to pick up. No rubble to build a new foundation. He ran into me by chance, and still let me think he was never coming back.

All that girl had wanted was to belong to someone…I wanted to belong to someone.

---