Page 64 of The Omega Archives: Part Three

“No,” I said. “It’s ok. I just…”

“Was it that guy? The one who said thinks that you're his?”

“Technically I am.”

“You're not anyone’s.” Lucas snarled the words with such venom my heart stopped. There was anger on his face, lip curling with distaste until he noted my widened eyes. “It just kills me that anyone thinks that you’re theirs. You're not. You are yours and… You deserve to make your decision just like anyone else. I don’t like it.”

“I’m not a huge fan of it either,” I agreed. “There is also…”

I felt like I was going to die as I even thought about telling him.What would he think of me, my omega pounded with sadness in my chest.Knowing that was I rejected?

“What?”

“There’s more.” Just a single word. “More than I didn’t tell you before.”

“Okay.” He took a deep breath. “Tell me now.”

“I had a pack.”

He blinked. “A pack?”

“Before I came here with everything, I met a beta and he had a pack.”

“What pack?” Lucas asked again.

“Do you know of the Prestfords?”

Slowly, he nodded. “Of course I do. I mean, not personally or anything. I know they own like half the city and the university in the middle of it.”

That was them.

“We’re going to figure this out.”

“You still…”

“I want you Ella. No matter how you have me, I want you as a friend or…” I knew what he was saying. Maybe he was finally starting to see how outlandish even the thought of him getting his happily ever after with an omega like me was.

He swiped a finger over my cheek until he was cupping my face in his hands and pulling me so I stood pressed up against him and my pillow. His thighs were braced on either side of my hips. “I’m going to help you however I can. Because I can’t stand to see you cry. One day I want to put a smile on that face.”

“You mean that?” I asked, still feeling vulnerable and broken from everything that happened this evening.

He grinned, offering me a taste of the joy he had in store for me one day if he had it his way. “Promise.”

“What is going on here?” Lidya asked, shock all over her face. She didn’t even bother to hide her awe-struck expression as the door swung open and quickly closed again, sealing us all inside.

The bubble between me and Lucas broke. I took a step away from him, though his one hand remained on my wrist, gently stroking the skin back and forth. Was he imagining his bite, right there?

I could imagine it.

Could we just…

My body started to heat again as I took a few deep breaths. No, of course not. We couldn’t. If we did, I couldn’t imagine the kind of consequences that would have. With Demetri and the backing of the Prestford pack it was one thing, but I wouldn’t do that to Lucas.

No matter how much I… or he by the fire flaring in his eyes, catching the abrupt change in my scent, wanted to.

I tried to re-focus on Lidya who was staring at me in horror.

“What?” I asked. Had she said something else that I missed?

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