Page 37 of Carmichael's Omega

How did it become this life-and-death situation? When did I fall so damn hard? Unease curls through me. Cassidy is such a delicate thing. At a glance, she seems insignificant and unimportant, yet everyone gravitates towards her as if she's passing out golden tickets to the damn chocolate factory. Is she manipulating everyone the way Lily did? Slowly gaining our trust only to crush us more thoroughly than any war could ever accomplish?

My wolf snaps at me. I come back to reality with a jolt. My Omega is crying, frowning, her beautiful, warm eyes glimmering with tears. My wolf is whimpering, his agitation driving up the panic.

"They aren't you, Cassidy. You know you're different,sí? Shit's different. It's not the same," I ramble.

"Did you hurt them, Carmichael?" Cassidy cuts me off softly.

I stop babbling to stare at her.

"It's all he does!" Felicia screeches. Adriana stays quiet, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"They're hurting, sweetheart. They love you, can't you see it? You're their alpha," Cassidy says softly.

"¡Chale!I never told anyputaIlovedher," I spit out, incensed at my omega even using the word 'love.' She's the only one I... like.

Cassidy's tears stop, but her frown deepens. Shit. I'm in trouble. An ill feeling crawls over me.

"It doesn't matter, Carm. Who wouldn't fall in love with you? You shouldn't encourage females then break their hearts," she scolds me in that sweet tone of voice she has. I shake my head in disbelief. Two of my frequent-fucks just told Cassidy that I fucked them and used them and my mate's response is to lecture me gently about my behavior.

And... goddess... her trust in me. Her absolute belief in me as if I'm some sort ofprize. I've never felt so damn humble.

Not that I let her see it. "You're mad at me for leading them on,Conejita? These females?" I ask Cassidy in disbelief.

She nods.

I erupt. It's just so goddess-damned confusing. How can this be manipulation? Unless Cassidy is trying to convince me that she's just that goddamn sweet? I just don't fucking understand?

Head pounding and blood rushing, I capture my female instantly, trapping her against my body and my bike with my hand at the nape of her neck. "I am not a little pup for you to lecture,Conejita," I growl out my warning. She's so tiny I absolutely dwarf her, no problem. She's all soft curves and sweet flesh that smells like something that my wolf wants to roll around in for hours. Caramel eyes are wide and surprised on me, the lashes still sparkling wet because hell, she's got some sort of magic.

"Feel that,buenota?" I husk out. I nudge her body with my hard-on. My wolf rumbles deep in his chest, finding her tiny omega she-wolf and covering her with his body in an imitation of rutting. Pink lights her cheeks, making her seem more magical. "That's for you," I whisper. "All yours and I'm going to give it to you. You're gonna take every hard inch because that sweet honey scent I smell is all for me,si?" I kiss her heated, pink cheek softly, "no other females for me, no males for you, including your 'brothers.'" Yeah, I'm still not over that one.

"Y-you... we agreed... you want me for... for sex," her sweet voice trembles. Her caramel-sweet eyes are darkened with hurt. My poor, precious Omega. My wolf rumbles his own reassurances toward her tiny she-wolf. No question, he wants her,bad.

"Oh,mi mujer hermosa, I do," I husk out. "I don't trust you, but believe me when I say I want you. For sex. I've never wanted anything more." I don't say it out loud, but even when I was a pup and begged the goddess to give me my mother back, it didn't compare to how badly I want my mate. Not just any female, not only my mate, butCassidy.

"I don't understand. That's what we have?" Confusion shines in her eyes.

"Leave her alone, Carm," Adriana snaps behind me, finding her voice again. "Can't you see you're making her cry?" Sarcasm laces her tone.

I step away from my mate and turn towards these females that won't just give the hell up. My wolf snarls a warning, both of us ignoring Cassidy's soft hand patting my cheek in a desperate attempt to distract me. "Don't tell me how to speak to my Omega," I snarl.

Both females go still, staring at Cassidy. I could kick myself. Only powerful wolves can scent out an omega, and I just blurted it out like apendejo.

Felicia smirks, folding her arms over her chest. Apparently, she's done with her pity party. "An omega? Really? You hate omegas. The pack hates omegas." She sends a vicious smirk towards Cassidy. "All you are is anotherputa."

I lung at Felicia, claws aimed for her throat, but something tiny gets in my way. Instinctively my arms wrap around my sexy bunny, my hands running up and over her body instead of wrapping around the bitch's throat.

I pick my omega up. She wraps herself around me, trusting and sweet. Addicting.

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Cassidy

He puts me down on the back of his bike and straddles it, roaring out of the lot with me clinging to his back like a koala. Neither of us is wearing a helmet, and my sundress is whipping around my thighs, but I feel safe with him. He drives off-campus, leaving our strange world behind, heading south.

"Mattie lives nearby," I say a while later. It's the only thing I've said to him since we left. I don't know if he can hear me over the rushing wind, but I feel his body tense under my arms.

He doesn't say anything, and a couple of minutes later, he pulls over next to a field of hard-packed red dirt and dark rocks. The only signs of life are the dry, brown scrub grass growing over four feet tall, spotting the landscape like a child's scattered toys. I look around at the sheer emptiness of the land around us. It's empty, open, and beautiful in a stark, brutal way, just like my mate.

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