Page 86 of Wild Omega

“Me too,” Blaine said, wiping away tears. She pulled back and ran her eyes over him. Her eyes snagged on the claiming mark. She gasped. “I got bonded.” Blaine stated the obvious. Hereached for Wayden and brought him close. “I want you to meet my mate, my alpha. His name is Wayden Mephis.”

Blaine watched his mother shyly pat her hair, and smooth out her clothes. He suddenly felt guilty for springing this on her without telling her. But, even though she wore old clothes, she still looked beautiful.

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you…”

“No. It’s fine,” she waved him off and turned to Wayden. “Welcome to our family. I’m so happy to meet you. Out of all my sons, I never thought Blaine would ever get bonded.”

“Mom,” Blaine grumbled.

“What? It’s true.”

“It’s very nice to meet you too,” Wayden said. “I never thought he would say yes, either. He made me wait for days until he made up his mind.”

His mother laughed. Blaine smiled, happy to see her like that. They hadn’t had good things happen to them in a long time.

“Show Wayden around while I prepare something to eat,” she said, shoving them out of the cooking station. Blaine took Wayden on a tour of their small house, sharing with him all the good memories he’d made there with his family. Even though there were some bad memories sprinkled in there, they’d still had a good life. The house was still the same: immaculately clean and cosy.

Holo images of all his brothers, except for Orly’s, were on the walls, even though some of the devices were old and worn. His mother’s recliner was still in front of the fire pit, and the cushions where Blaine and his brothers used to sit were stacked in the corner.

“This is the room I shared with my bothers,” Blaine said, opening the door.

“I can’t believe you all shared this tiny room,” Wayden said, looking around. He stepped to the window and stared at the outer building.

“It’s that where Orly is?” Wayden asked softly.

“Yes,” Blaine said walking to the window. “He’s in there. Mom would have told me if he wasn’t.”

“Does the council of alphas know that he’s here? Did you guys apply for a provisional stay?”

Blaine shook his head. “I told you. No one knows he exists. We don’t talk about him. We’re not supposed to be talking about him.”

“Blaine, this is dangerous.”

“Shhhh,” Blaine said touching Wayden’s lips. Tears filled his eyes. Talking about Orly fucking hurt. “Please. Moving him out of that room would kill him. Just… forget I said anything. Please.”

“Okay,” Wayden said wrapping Blaine into his arms.

“I told you I smelled an alpha,” someone said from the door. “Shaine, Lorne, he’s in here with Blaine. Come and look.”

“He’s your brother’s mate, Tia. Stop being disrespectful,” their mother shouted from the cooking station.

“Blaine got bonded!” Shaine screamed.

“I’m sorry for what is about to happen,” Blaine said, smiling up at Wayden. “The chaos is about to begin.”

His brothers rushed into the room and bombarded Wayden with question. They dragged him out of the room to the sitting area. That gave Blaine’s mom the chance to drag him away to her room where she just stared at him for what felt like forever.

“Wow…he’s a real alpha,” his mother said blushing.

Blaine laughed. “What do you mean he’s real? Of course, he’s real.”

“Sorry, I’m just shocked, that’s all. I never thought you’d ever…” she trailed off looking a little sad.

“I wouldn’t have if the tea worked,” Blaine said with a shrug. “I guess it was fate.”

“The tea stopped working. That’s not possible,” his mother said shocked. “Did you go into heat?”

“Yes,” Blaine said.

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