When he woke up again, Blaine was running his fingers through his hair.
“Why aren’t you asleep?”
“I couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that I’m a bonded omega now, but I still feel the same. I feel like myself.”
“You thought omegas change after they get bonded.”
“Yes. I guess that was one of my fears too,” Blaine said softly.
“I’m sorry for what happened to you and your brother,” Wayden said wrapping his arms around Blaine. “I wish I could take it all away.”
“Then I wouldn’t have met you. I would have bonded with the first alpha I met. And I met a lot of alphas since I was sent to a commune house. I lived in their houses. I was this close to them.” Blaine held up his fingers close to each other to demonstrate.
Wayden growled, biting into the back of Blaine’s neck. Blaine slapped him playfully. Laughter echoed all around them as they wrestled on the bed.
“Stop biting me, you brute,” Blaine said, laughing harder.
“You’re my true mate. You wouldn’t have bonded someone else.”
Blaine froze beside him. “What?” Blaine asked. He turned around to face Wayden.
“You’re my true mate,” Wayden said. He almost laughed at the look on Blaine’s face, he kissed Blaine instead. “You are mine. Fate would have brought us together.”
“But… but… shouldn’t I have felt something?”
“Come to think of it. I did feel something but I just ignored it. It was easy to fight you than acknowledge my feelings.”
“You liked me from the start, didn’t you?” Blaine asked, a sly smile pulling on his lips. “Did you find me attractive?”
“No. I thought you were obnoxious and troublesome.”
“You don’t have to be so honest,” Blaine grumbled.
“Sorry.” Wayden laughed.
“No. You’re not. You’ve been waiting to say that for a very long time, haven’t you? You should be glad that you’re my true mate. Can I ask you something?”
“What?”
“I want you to meet my family,” Blaine said, snuggling into Wayden. The bite mark throbbed deliciously, reminding him that he was bonded to the best alpha on the planet. To top it all off, they were true mates. Blaine couldn’t believe it. He smiled to himself, so happy he could scream.
“Tell me where and when,” Wayden said sleepily.
“Tomorrow.”
“Okay,” Wayden said, wrapping his arm tighter around Blaine. “We can have another road trip before we go back to work. There are so many places I want to show you.”
“Uhhhh… actually. My family is here.”
“Huh?”
“We live on the other side of town?” Blaine said.
“Really? And we’ve never met?”
“You say that as if we roamed the same circles. You and I met by chance.”
“Fate brought us together,” Wayden said. “I’m so happy Matews dragged me to that stupid dinner, or I would never have met you.”