Page 44 of The Omega Archives: Part Three

I didn’t want to think about it. I refused when I knew what it meant. That the real heat was bound to happen and likely sooner rather than later and when it did.

The memory of the pain I endured as a child, locked in my basement as I suffered and felt like I was being boiled alive from the inside out before running from the Davinson’s flashed in my head.

I quickly shook myself out of it, trying not to stress.

“Are you alright, Omega Elena?”

I nodded.

“Hello.”

I glanced up to where the voice came from. A man stood in front of me wearing, of all things, a suit. Or at least, it was a suit. At some point, he must’ve noticed that he was a bit overdressed compared to everyone else and lost the jacket which was now slung over his forearm.

I blinked at him for perhaps a moment too long. “Oh, hi.”

He offered a small smile. “May I…”

May he? Oh, right. Could he sit?

I didn’t know… Inhaling a deep breath, I caught the alpha’s distinct scent of eucalyptus mint which was somehow sweet and also calming at the same time.

Jessica next to me cleared her throat. “Would you like Alpha Anderson to sit with you, Omega Elena?”

Before I realized what I was saying, the answer was already out between us. “Sure.”

Alpha Anderson smiled, happily, yet awkwardly, bending down to sit on the blanket with me.

“My name is Issac,” he said. “But if Alpha Anderson makes you more comfortable, Omega Elena, that is also fine. I have to admit, I noticed that you aren’t sitting with the other omegas.”

Unsure what to say, Jessica spoke up again for me. “Omega Elena has had a bit of a different upbringing that has brought her to arrive at the academy a bit later than most of her peers. She has only recently begun her education here and hasn’t formed a group to court with.”

Some omegas courted together? How did that even work? I wanted to ask but didn’t want to seem completely ignorant.

Even though I was.

“Would you like any refreshments?” Alpha Anderson asked me.

I appreciated that he was asking me directly.

His eyes were a remarkable, soft gray shade that seemed bright in comparison to his nearly pitch-black hair that was swept back from his forehead. “I suppose I should’ve done that before sitting down.”

“I can go and do that,” Jessica was already getting up with a smile. She looked between the two of us before her gaze settled on me. “As long as you are alright here, Omega Elena?”

I studied Alpha Anderson again, but he looked… harmless. “Yes.”

Jessica made her way towards the center where everyone was sitting around on the grass, leaving me alone with the alpha, but oddly enough, my heart wasn’t racing like it used to.

I felt oddly normal.

Where I once would feel like I went into fight or flight at even the mention of an alpha being close to me, suddenly, I didn’t feel that way anymore.

Maybe it was after all the exposure being with Cal and scenting his alphas to actually being with the entire Prestford Pack or talking with Lucas here, but now… I wasn’t as frightened of the word alpha anymore.

Maybe, it was becoming more and more clear, that I was frightened of a very select few alphas.

“So you’ve only recently arrived at the academy?”

“Yes,” I answered, clearing my throat. “I didn’t plan on ending up here.”

---