Page 3 of Knot So Perfect Omega

“I’m going to get some air,” I whispered in my sister’s ear as she was drooling over the alphas we’d just met.

“Kayla.” The disapproval in her voice left a bitter taste in my mouth. I just wasn’t in a social kind of mood. But was I ever?

I slipped away out the sliding doors of the suite, finding a spot I’d seen earlier where a column hid a cluster of seats from the view of the rest of the area. I pulled my phone out of my crossbody purse and opened the game I was playing. There was something mind-numbing and calming about solving puzzles and then building an estate.

I passed a few levels when my reprieve was interrupted. “We told you we didn’t want an omega,” a male voice said, his voice lowered so only whoever he was with could hear.

I peeked around the corner of the column to see the head of the pack, Beckett Thomas, with a man in a suit. Both looked tense, but it was clear to me from how they were standing that Beckett was the alpha and the man in the suit was either a low-ranking alpha or a beta.

“Having an omega will only make the pack stronger so you can keep winning! All of the top teams have omegas except yours. This is how you take yourselves to the next level: champions.” The two men walked to the railing, their backs to me.

I slid back in my seat so I was hidden again just in case they turned around. With all the smells in the stadium and the ones coming from the suite, they were none the wiser to my presence hidden in the shadows.

“An omega will make us weaker, especially right now. What if her heat is in the middle of playoffs or during the championship? You don’t think these things through, Brian. It’s almost like you want us to be thrown off our game and lose.”

“That would be ideal for the omega to be in heat during the championship. You’ll be more aggressive. If you get the best of the best, then it will only help you. Elite Omega Academy has that. They are well educated in how to take care of a pack both domestically and sexually. It will strengthen your pack bond as well.”

I wanted to gag. Sure, part of being an omega was taking care of the home and our alphas’ needs, but we were more than just a maid and a hole to fill.

“We already have betas to fulfill all of those needs,” he growled, the frustration in his voice making my spine tingle with awareness.

“You met Kara Sterling, right? She wonOmega of the Yearfor four years.” Brian sounded like he was pleading now. “An opportunity to get an omega of her caliber won’t happen again. I suggest we put her at the top of the match list. I know it was hard to smell her perfume, but none of the omegas in that room smell bad, I can guarantee it. As your manager and coach, I insist that you consider it. If it doesn’t work out, we can ship her back to the academy and they can deal with the fallout.”

My stomach dropped at that. I’d never heard of a pack rejecting an omega after matching with them and taking them in, even though it was in the contract. It would be a major blow to an omega to be sent to an omega compound.

It was quiet for a minute before there was another growl from Beckett. “Fine, but when this blows up in our faces, it’s on you.” He punctuated his words, and I could practically visualize him poking Brian in the chest as he said each one.

I didn’t know where my sister stood on ranking the packs, but I couldn’t let her put them on her list when they would so easily cast her aside.

CHAPTERTWO

Beck

Fucking Brian.

I knew he had our best interests at heart when it came to completing our pack by adding an omega, but the thing was, I felt like we were already complete without one. We’d been doing just fine for almost a decade without an omega, so why change things now?

Entering back into the room with all of the omegas just made my insides twist with an overwhelming need to protect. The last thing I needed to be thinking about was whether an omega was safe or if they needed me.

And that was exactly what omegas did. They sucked the life right out of an alpha and a pack. They made our instincts rule over us instead of us running the show.

Brian elbowed me and then nodded his chin toward Kara. “Try to be nice.”

I hated taking direction from him, but when it came to our Alphaball career, he was the best one for the job. We’d been fortunate to snag him about a year ago when his old team retired from the game.

Kara’s eyes lit up as I approached, and I smiled, despite wanting to head straight for the door. She was a beautiful woman with the most striking blue eyes I’d ever seen, curly brown hair that fell over the front of her shoulders and brushed her breasts, and she had a body any alpha would be happy to sink into.

But there was something missing as I took her hand in mine and gave it a solid shake.I should feel something, shouldn’t I?

Although there were a lot of scents in the room, I could pick up a hint of chocolate as she brushed her hair back. I could only imagine what her full-on perfume smelled like.

Brian was right next to me and cleared his throat to get Kara’s attention. “Beckett is the head of the pack, and we were just discussing our intent to put you at the top of our match list.”

Her lips parted the tiniest amount as she took a sharp inhale of air. “Wow. I don’t know what to say. I will take that into consideration when listing my matches.”

Brian winked at her and then turned to me. “We need to get going. Our plane is waiting.”

Kara’s shoulders dropped, and she bit her lip. “It was really nice to meet you, Beckett. We all appreciate you-”

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