Page 25 of The Omega Archives: Part Three

She narrowed her eyes, checking me over as if she didn’t believe me. “You sure.”

I nodded looking back towards the classroom where I could still see the edge of Lucas. “Yeah.”

"Come on, let's get out of here," she said, steering me towards the door. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

I nodded.

“They didn’t…”

I shook my head. “No. It was fine actually. He was… nice. Nothing happened.”

“Nothing?”

“Nothing.

She let out a sigh of relief.

“Good,” she said. “Damn, I was so angry for you all this time. Good. Come on now. I want to tell you more about my pack. I’mgoing to make sure that they get a message out to yours as soon as possible.”

"I'm still here because..." she hesitated, then took a deep breath. "Because my pack is not what it seems. They're not like other packs, they have their own rules and traditions that go against everything we're taught here.

“Let’s go back to the room.”

“Don’t we have more classes?”

She shook her head. “We can say you aren’t feeling well after that last one. They’ll understand given you…”

My everything. Right. I didn’t argue as we headed back towards the dormitory. I expected someone to ask us questions. There were guards, but no one stopped us as we went.

The moment Lidya sat on her bed, her eyebrows raised across the room towards mine. “Looks like they finally got their act together.”

A few different types of blankets were piled on the bed and what may have been considered one too many pillows. I ran my hand over the supplies.

“It’s so you can make a nest. However small.”

Make a nest.

“You… you haven’t had one before. Have you?” asked Lidya. There was a sad understanding in her voice.

I shook my head. “At the pack house. They had a nest. Sort of. We didn’t get to add anything just for me yet but…” I almost had a nest.

She nodded. “When I talk to Adam, I’ll make sure that he passes the message along. We’ll make sure that you get back to them.”

“Thank you.”

“You make your bed up. I’ll talk.”

I smirked, glad to have something to do while she started.

“Where do I begin… It’s stupid and complicated. What it comes down to is that I had an alpha place a bid on me. A nice enough alpha with a good family– but I didn’t choose him. I ran off and into Adam.” She smiled. “And the rest is history. They are keeping me here until the end of the term basically to punish us and make sure that I don’t regret my decision. Like they can reverse it now.”

Lidya reached up and gently touched her bite at the bottom of her throat.

There was no breaking a bond like that.

“Did they hope you would?”

“If anything just to teach the younger omegas a lesson. The Academy here isn’t exactly the most progressive group if you haven’t noticed. But that isn’t how it works. They might want us all to think that, but when you find your alpha or bondmates. You know,” a glassy look came over Lidya’s eyes.

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