Chapter 1
Blaine
“Itold you to cool that temper of yours, didn’t I?”
Blaine rolled his eyes. Holi was being judgemental much. After getting bonded to the wealthiest alpha on the planet, the omega acted all holier than thou. Laughter bubbled inside Blaine at the thought. Holier than thou… Holi. Blaine laughed unable to help himself. It was probably not that funny, but he needed some levity in his life, or he would cry.
The Omega Placement Agency had finally blacklisted him. They’d warned him of his unruly and “insulting” behaviour numerous times. And this was apparently the last straw.
Who had he insulted? Who?
It wasn’t his fault that the alphas the agency kept matching him with were weak, cheap and too sensitive.
Blaine laughed harder.
“You’re laughing? This is not funny, Blaine.” The concern in Holi’s voice sobered Blaine up. He stared at his case, which was at the door, ready to go. Blaine had to get out of the alpha’s house by tomorrow morning. And the stupid alpha wasn’t even going to make things easy for him. The alpha refused to send Blaine back to the commune he’d been living at before he got the job, which meant Blaine’s life had just gotten complicated.
He’s being a sensitive ass! Blaine shouted in his mind. He stared daggers at the door, as if the alpha were standing there. If eyes could kill…
“I wish I had supernatural powers,” Blaine mumbled.
“What?” Holi asked.
“Nothing. You wouldn’t understand anyway,” Blaine sighed, turning over in bed. Fuck. He was going to miss this. The alpha might have been an asshole, but he had a nice house. And the fucking bed was heaven.
“I understand perfectly. Don’t forget, I know you. You never take anything seriously. You’re short tempered and unreasonable,” Holi said. “What was wrong with this alpha? Did he make you work day and night? Did he treat you badly?”
“No. But he’s overbearing and smells funny,” Blaine said. “We didn’t click.”
“You’re not supposed to click with him. You’re supposed to work for him and submit to him as your alpha,” Holi said.
Fuck that. He wasn’t submitting to an alpha just because he was an omega.
As if he’d heard his thought, Holi sighed. “Sometimes, you have to go along with the status quo in order to survive.”
“You mean conform to the bullshit.”
“No. I mean having three square meals a day, having a nice place to live, and having credit. Survival, Blaine, survival. You don’t get to act out when you don’t have shit. You’re an omega.”
“I know what I am,” Blaine bit out.
“Do you?” Holi sighed again.
Damn, Holi and his sighs. He was making Blaine feel bad.
“You don’t behave like an omega. I mean, you don’t even let yourself go into heat, because you hate how our bodies become wet, which is weird, by the way. Don’t you want an alpha of your own?” Holi continued.
“Do I have to want an alpha of my own?”
“Blaine?”
“I didn’t connect with you so you can berate me.”
Holi sighed impatiently. Blaine clenched his jaw. “Fine. What are you going to do now that you’ve been blacklisted by the agency? Is the alpha going to return you to your previous commune house?”
“Uhhhh… about that. I was thinking…” Blaine said rubbing his neck sheepishly. He moved the connector to his other ear and rolled to his stomach. “Maybe…”
“No,” Holi said adamantly.