Page 16 of Curvy Quirky Omega

And if I didn’t do something, Lucy could end up just as dead as my brother.

I scrubbed the blood out of my hair and used a bar of soap to get clean. The soft scent of oranges and cedar filled my lungs, washing away the taste of copper and resignation.

Lucy was right, I should have wrapped up my interrogation after that first day, but I’d been so fucking angry I hadn’t asked him a single thing until day two.

Unfortunately, my instincts had never been very rational and I couldn’t ignore them as well as Cas did.

I was a legacy alpha and that meant I was even more unhinged and dangerous than the typical alpha. My instincts were bred into me and I existed to keep my pack safe. But I’d failed and someone I loved had paid the price.

Would my omega be next?

I was right on the edge, hanging on for dear life. One tiny little push and the thread of sanity I was desperately holding onto would snap, and I had no idea what I would do in that state. I was really about to lose it, wasn’t I?

Strange how calm I felt despite the emotions boiling just under my skin. I needed to do something, but there was nothing for me to do. I had no purpose and nothing to protect.

All this power and strength for what? It was useless when it came to actually helping my brother or Lucy.

When I was a child, I’d been forced to let her go, and it took me fifteen years to find her again. Then I was forced to watch my brother walk farther and farther away from me, and when he needed me the most, I hadn’t been close enough to do anything about it.

I sighed and turned off the water, knowing I should do what she told me to do and eat something, but the thought of food made my stomach turn. The last thing I wanted to do right now was eat.

Stepping out of the shower, I went to grab a towel and paused when I saw Lucy leaning against the doorframe, watching me.

I shouldn’t feel this fucking elated that she hadn’t left, but I did. After all, I’d always been selfish.

Problem was, she had to have an ulterior motive.

CHAPTER 7

Liam

My omega would never choose me over her work. So, why the fuck was she here instead of on the way to Valor Enterprises?

“Why are you moping around, Liam?”

I felt my eyebrows rise straight into my hairline. The attitude she had right now was a little unfair despite my fuckup. “I’m sorry, am I not allowed to be upset right now?”

“You’re feeling all pathetic because I chose Cas, aren’t you?”

I stood there, dripping water onto the floor as I stared at her in disbelief. “I don’t understand what’s happening right now. I said you could go, so what the fuck are you doing here other than trying to piss me off?”

Lucy eyed me from head to toe, her face expressionless and her emotions so muted I could barely sense anything from her at all. “You may look like a god, but you have to remember, Liam, you’re not all-powerful or all-seeing. You’re human, like the rest of us.”

I hated how easily she could make me feel like this – fucking ecstatic that she liked the way I looked and yet irritated she was here bothering me instead of doing what she really wanted to do.

“Yeah, okay, I said I would eat and sleep. I’m not a child, Lucy. So go check out the servers with Cas.” I grabbed the towel and wrapped it around my waist, trying not to make it obvious that her leaving without me was the last thing I wanted.

I knew I was pathetic, but I didn’t have to make it her problem. Figuring this shit out was on me, not her.

Lucy didn’t move a muscle though. She just stared at me like I was an idiot.

If I kept looking at her, I’d snap, so I turned toward the sink and grabbed my toothbrush. I didn’t like giving her my back when I had no idea what she was even doing up here, but that was insane. I was her alpha. If she wanted to stab me in the back, so be it.

At least then I wouldn’t have to feel like this.

“Wow…I can’t believe how much you’re acting a lot like your brother right now.”

All I saw was red and when I came back to my senses, I had Lucy by the throat and she was holding my wrist so tight bones would snap if she didn’t let go soon.

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