Page 67 of The Alpha: Part Three
“What's she helping him do?” I don't laugh, but I can imagine how helpful she's being to Devon right now.
Brandon shrugs again. “Mostly make a mess. Where's everybody?”
“They went to check in on the omegas. Are you alright, Brandon? Do you need anything?”
He shakes his head and hops up onto the banister. “No, I'm fine. I talked to Cody and Joseph this morning. They want to come visit. They're too young still, so I'll probably have to go there, but I can't stay more than a couple days. You know how it is.”
This kid is barely out of diapers and he's already a better alpha than half the ones I've known in my entire life. I nod. “I know. It won't be like this for too long.”
“I guess,” Brandon says. “Reid started teaching me stuff last week. He says I need to work on my focus. Jasper suggested yoga. Do you do yoga?”
“I have done yoga, but I haven't done any lately. It's a good tool. It teaches you how to move your body. What is Reid teaching you?”
“History. And he bought me a pellet gun. I have to go into the woods to shoot it. And I'm not allowed to shoot squirrels or birds.”
Reid is also teaching him patience, but he doesn't realize that yet. “Good. Be careful. You don't want to shoot out anybody's eye.”
He rolls his eyes. “You haven't been a dad long enough for jokes like that.”
“Are you sure you don't need anything? You have plenty of clothes? Your shoes still fit? You have to tell me if you need things.”
“I know,” he says. “I'm good. Alex got me some books and Devon lets me hang out with him when he's working on stuff. And I've got her to look after. Dutch is crazy.”
“He gets it from his dad.”
Brandon snorts. “Which one?”
I send them home after a few cookies and ice cream cones. Talia's going to kill me, but it's fine. I get to be the fun uncle today. And I'm sure Trent and Alex are going to pump my kids full of sugar and nonsense every chance they get, so it'll be fair in the long run.
I'm asleep in the recliner with Calian draped across my chest when Desir'ee and the twins get home. She gently lifts Calian off of me and cradles him into her body. “How was he?”
“Perfect, like always.” I stretch and think about getting up out of the recliner for about half a second before I relax back into it. “Brandon and Iris came over.”
“They come over a lot,” she hums. “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah. I gave them too much ice cream. Everyone was happy.”
“Uh-huh,” she smiles. “Talia can probably take you, you know.”
“She can definitely take me,” I laugh. “How was it today?”
She sighs and stretches her legs out on the couch. “Okay. Some of them are going to be ready to go home soon and others are going to take a while. There were ten omegas from Minos's list. Most of them are going to be okay to go home soon. A couple are going to stay on for a while.”
“I'll call him in the morning with an update. Ten is better than none.”
Michael and Ben come in and pile onto the couch with her. Michael sighs heavily. “There are a couple who won't come out of their rooms. A few of them are in bad shape. Not physically, not that we can tell. But they won't come out and let Obi check them over.”
“We won't give up on them,” Ben adds. “We'll get through the hurt. Desie can get them to come out, I know it. We just need time.”
“I don't doubt it.” Not even a little bit. They saved me. From myself and everything else. If anyone can get through to those omegas it's them.
Chapter twenty-eight
Desie
Nathan found the compound on the other side of the Northern territory that Regan told us about. He found another one at the uppermost quadrant of the continent. He's not sure which one of those is most likely where my mother is, but he'll find her. With the information that he's gathered from the omegas at The Omega House he thinks we'll be able to end everything.
Both Minos and Lopez are aware of everything we know. Minos and Mateo are working on getting two omega facilities like The Omega House built on the West Coast. The plan is to have them ready by the time the COT program is established over there. Mateo is pushing to change the rule requiring three alphas for a complete pack. Hopefully that will change as the Western territory becomes safer for omegas.
