Page 63 of Sweet Omega
“Why didn’t you…?”
“Why didn’t I say anything? Why didn’t I give you the pill then?” Luci asked, lifting an eyebrow. “I don’t know.”
Ludiin shook his head, his heart pounding. He swallowed the pill with a bitter grimace.
“I can’t believe you just stood by. You could’ve helped me.”
“Helped you how?” Luci shot back, arms folded. “I tried, remember? I introduced you to all those alphas at your party. I introduced you to Baron. And you bolted just because things were difficult for you.”
Ludiin grimaced.
“That’s not the point,” Ludiin muttered. “Still… if you’d said something, maybe things wouldn’t have gone this far. I wouldn’t have…”
“Fallen for him,” Luci finished for him.
“Stop finishing my sentences.”
“Sorry.”
Ludiin looked down, arms tightening around himself. “And I didn’t fall for him.”
“Please. You look at him like he hung the twin moons or something,” Luci said with a small laugh. “Honestly, I never thought you’d go near an alpha. You’re always so nervous, so tense around them. I figured… maybe this was your chance to have your own experience. Otherwise, you’d keep running forever.”
“You don’t think it’s weird.”
“He’s not really our brother, Ludiin.”
“I know, but…”
“But?”
“It’s just weird.”
“Do you actually feel that way?” Luci asked.
Ludiin’s voice dropped to a whisper. “He doesn’t feel the same. He said it’s not real. That I only want him because he was there during my first heat. That I caught his scent or something.” He looked up at Luci, desperate. “Do you think that’s true? That this isn’t real?”
“I don’t know,” Luci said, brows furrowed in thought. “It’s possible. There’s really only one way to be sure. You need to meet other alphas and…”
Ludiin shook his head immediately. “No. I don’t want other alphas.”
“Don’t say that.”
“It’s true! He’s the only alpha I want!” Ludiin’s voice trembled, the words ripping out of him before he could hold them back. “And it hurts. God, it hurts, because I know he’ll never want me. My stupid heat makes it a thousand times worse. I can’t stay away from him, no matter how hard I try. If only there was a way to stop it. I don’t want to go through this again… ever.” His throat tightened as hot tears welled up, spilling despite his desperate attempt to blink them away.
“Damn, Ludiin,” Luci murmured, folding him into a fierce embrace. “Don’t cry. Everything’s going to be fine.”
“No, it’s not!” Ludiin choked out, sobs breaking free. "I can't bear the thought of him rejecting me again."
“Come on, stop,” Luci coaxed softly, rubbing a hand along his back. “It’s going to be fine. I promise.”
Ludiin shook his head, hot tears spilling freely down his cheeks, blurring his vision as he tried to hold himself together.
“Shhh,” Luci soothed, his voice lowering conspiratorially. “I know a way to stop your heat, Ludiin. Everything will be fine.”
“What?” Ludiin sniffled, dragging his hand across his damp face as he pulled back, wide-eyed. “There’s a way?”
“Yes.” Luci stood from the bed, already heading for the door. “Now get cleaned up and come downstairs. You need to eat something and get out of that bed.”
