Page 3 of Knot Excused
The last Alpha was Teddy, and I recognized him from the Capitol Lupines. Superstar quarterback, golden boy, with wavy light brown hair that curled appealingly over his face with its big blue eyes and dimples.
I supposed some Omegas would go for that kind of bouncing golden retriever energy, but it just looked exhausting to me.
Next
I took another long secret drag from my cigarette as Skystone Pack headed to the front to sample the available Omega scents.
“Please please please,” the tiny Omega next to me begged.
When she caught me looking at her, she flushed a bit.
“I mean, can you imagine being the Skystone Pack Omega? They’re allloaded. You’d be set for life. Andlookat them.”
“They don’t look like worst kind of assholes to you?” I hissed at her.
“Shhh,” was all she replied as they began to go through the thick, white cards, taking turns holding each one close to their noses and taking long, almost obscene-looking sniffs.
Oh, ye gods, the pageantry.This is going to take forever, isn’t it?
About halfway through the cards, they conferred among themselves, each taking turns to sniff one card again. The official doctor darted over to take their temperatures.
There were several moments of tense silence as the doctor took their temperatures a few times.
There was no room for error.
You either had a fated mate or you didn’t.
Then the doctor stepped to the microphone.
“PIPER RIDENOUR,” he intoned. “PIPER, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT.”
Holy shit.
I felt everyone’s eyes on me. This was the exactoppositeof finding a lowkey pack. This was getting scent-matched with the most famous, richest, and coveted Alpha Pack in the country!
Shit
My feet felt frozen at first, then I started to move, put one high heel in front of the other.
Maybe, I thought, trying to be optimistic, as I strode through the crowd.
Maybe I had finally been chosen for something good.
CHAPTER2
Rook
There was movement in the Omega tent, but the sun was bright, so I couldn’t see the woman heading toward us.
We waited in the center of the Alphas, our hands clasped together in anticipation.
Finally, our fated mate! The Omega who would revolutionize our world.
I knew most of the Omegas who lived at the Capitol. They were all lovely, elegant women and any one of them would make a worthy addition to our Pack.
All of us have had our fun, of course. Nobody is avirginor anything. That’s not expected. But once we find our Omega, we won’t even think about the women in our past. Only our new Omega, someone who will complete our Pack, make us even more powerful and envied.
The Betas dropped back respectfully and then I saw her.
