Page 31 of Wild Omega

But Wayden wanted a damn break from his thoughts and the tense energy between them. And – Wayden couldn’t believe he felt this way about the hellion – he kind of missed Blaine’s constant chatter, even though he insulted him half the time. It had made their trip from the capital to Beon short and entertaining. Nothing like the past three days.

“Yes,” Wayden lied just to get the omega to talk.

“Hmmm,” Blaine hummed thoughtfully. He looked like he was thinking about his next words. “Aidyn and Luka’s relationship is interesting,” Blaine said shyly.

Wayden stared at Blaine, stunned. Blaine looked so different in that moment – endearing almost. Wayden couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

Was it weird that he found him hot at that moment?

Yes, definitely, weird.

He shouldn’t find Blaine anything. He shouldn’t even be thinking about him in that way. The omega spelled disaster. He fucking needed to get laid, that’s all, Wayden told himself as he focused on the airway. He prayed there would be single omegas in the pack they were going to.

“The fact that Aidyn has power within the pack is intriguing,” Blaine said. “He said some interesting things that I think could benefit a lot of omegas out there. We need omegas in power who will listen to our problems. Right now, the council of alphas will never listen. They like the situation the way it is. They’ll never allow an omega into the council of alphas.”

That was true. There had never been an omega in that position of power in their planet’s history. But that didn’t mean they were incapable. Their society just didn’t allow for omegas in high positions.

“Yeah. But things need to change,” Wayden said.

“You agree with me?” Blaine asked. The shock in his voice wasn’t hard to miss. Wayden hid a smile, feeling giddy for the first time since they left. He felt like he’d won the most coveted prize in their field. It was an accomplishment to shock the little minx. Blaine always had a scathing remark for everything.

“I do. You and I are actually on the same page, though you believe otherwise,” Wayden said.

Blaine stared at him for a few minutes, then looked away with a huff.

Wayden laughed. “What? Nothing to say?”

“Shut up!” Blaine growled. “You’re always trying to make me look stupid.”

“That was never my intention,” Wayden said.

“I’m going to shut up now,” Blaine said.

Please don’t. Wayden wanted to beg. He finally felt relaxed and the tension between them had lessened and Wayden could finally breathe again.

Fuck.

He couldn’t force the omega to talk to him. And Wayden couldn’t blame Blaine for how he was reacting to his silences either. It was all Wayden’s problem. He would deal with it. He just had to relax. He could do it.

Wayden gripped the controllers, and actively ignored Blaine. The silence continued and a thousand miles later they were in the southern part of the planet, but nowhere near their destination. The pack Wayden was visiting lived in the less developed part of the planet.

Primitive didn’t even begin to describe them. They literally lived in the forest and had been practising their olden way of living for a hundred years. Wayden was intrigued by that. He couldn’t wait to see how they survived without much help from the council of alphas and how their way of life could offer solutions to their current problems.

Wayden set the shuttle on auto-drift as he decided to call it a night. He turned to Blaine, who’d remained in his seat until now, something he’d never done before.

“Are you hungry?” Wayden heard himself ask. He shut his mouth, wishing he could take his words back. Why had he said that?

“Yes,” Blaine said, getting to his feet.

Wayden stepped back. The front of the shuttle was too small for both of them to be standing at the same time.

“We should eat and get some rest. We still have a long day of travelling tomorrow,” Wayden blurted out, rushing to the cooking station.

“Really?” Blaine asked sulkily. “How far south are we going?”

“Far. I warned you about this, remember?” Wayden said. He opened cupboards, trying to think of what to make. Blaine sat at the counter and stared at him. “Are you going to sit there and watch me?”

“Yes,” Blaine said without hesitation. “Cook for me.”

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