Page 509 of Omega for the Pack

“Are you serious?” I said, grabbing a tin cup and pouring water in it using a spigot that barely had water. The water was cloudy. This place was so freaking gross I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. “How long have you ladies been here?”

“Don’t remember,” said the purple-haired one. “Could be months or years, who the fuck knows?”

“At least it’s not years like Sylvia, who died here,” said the blond one, shaking her head.

“I’m Olivia,” I said, sitting with my thighs closed as tight as possible since Brett had ruined my leggings.

“Reyna,” said the purple-haired omega, rubbing her pale face. She looked like she hadn’t seen sunlight in years. “Make yourself comfortable because you ain’t leaving anytime soon.”

“I’ve been here a month,” said another omega who had brown skin and long braids down her back. She pressed a hand to her belly. “I’m Monique, and they took my baby after I nursed him for two days.”

“I’m so sorry, Monique,” I said, hearing the sorrow in her voice. I couldn’t imagine that happening to me. “Why did they put you in here?”

“Because I didn’t willingly hand them my baby,” Monique said, eyes downcast. “I fought for my baby boy until the end. They figured I wasn’t loyal enough and didn’t belong, so they dumped me in here as punishment.”

“Once you’re in here, you’ll never get out,” said Reyna darkly, leaning back on her elbows, and I could see marks all over her legs from living here. Her knees looked bruised, and I wondered what the hell happened to these omegas.

I looked over at the third omega. She had short blond hair, not much of it anyway since it looked like it was chopped off at the roots.

“I’m Krissy,” she said in a timid voice, biting her filthy nails. It made me sad to see such a young omega in such dire conditionlike this. Dread was pouring through every vein in my body at the type of life they lived, and I got a glimpse of my future life.

“Why are you in here, Krissy?”

“I tried running away with Reyna,” said Krissy, shrugging. “It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now I’m willing to do whatever it takes to leave. I miss the sun and being outside walking on the sand.”

“I’m sure you do,” I said, tears springing to my eyes as I chewed on the hard bread.

“I’m fucking sorry, and you know it, Krissy,” grumbled Reyna, shutting her eyes tight and re-opening them.

“I know,” sighed Krissy. “You never forced me to go with you. I went willingly.”

“It doesn’t matter. None of us should even be in here. The alphas are to blame,” I said, the cold ground underneath me hard on my ankles. “Why don’t you sit in the rooms instead? They have cushions, at least.”

“During the day, we like to hang out here,” said Monique, looking up at the tiny window high above us. “We’d rather not sit in the torture rooms all day long. We need a break from the memories the rooms hold.”

My stomach twisted with fear.

“What happens?”

“The alphas,” said Monique. “They come in here and knot us. Multiple alphas who haven’t been assigned omegas but need to relieve their hunger come in here for the rebel omegas to take.”

“What the fuck?” I asked, horrified, standing up. I couldn’t be in this place locked up. I didn’t belong here. “We need to get out here.”

Reyna let out a sharp laugh.

“She thinks we haven’t tried any of that before,” she said, and that made my brain whirl in utter confusion. I looked up at thewindow and didn’t see a way I could scale up the tall concrete wall.

I paced around the dark cavern, holding the dry bread in my hand until it crumbled to pieces on the ground.

“Great, you’re going to bring in the rats now with that mess,” said Reyna.

“Sorry,” I said, my mind unfocused. Alpha after alpha would come in at night and knot us. The thought of it made me sink against the wall in horror. Rats were the least of my problems right now. “Brett brought me in here as my alpha handler. Would other alphas be in my room?”

“Yes, there are no locks in the rooms,” said Monique. “It’s a free-for-all basically. They don’t care about us.”

“What happens if you get pregnant?”

“You give birth upstairs and come right back in here. If any omega upstairs are unhappy with their baby taken away, they know they’ll end up in here,” explained Krissy. “They tell all the rules before omegas give birth.”

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