Page 155 of Broken Omega

“Okay, we’re clean. We can wrap them now,” Brooke says, taking the used wipes and putting them in the empty waste bin next to the toilet. She brings out the gauze.

I see little spots of blood here and there. Having bandages will soak that up until the scratches scab over, I guess. I wouldn’t normally bother with gauze for a scratch, but if I don’t use it, I’ll end up getting blood all over my shirt.

I let them wrap me, and Kellan does the better job. Brooke’s bandage is too loose.

“Oh damn,” she says when she notices. “What did I do wrong?”

“I can fix it,” Kellan tells her, taking over.

She watches what he’s doing, nodding when she sees what he did differently.

“Well, that just makes sense,” she says.

She kisses my cheek, making my face warm up.

“It’s definitely time for lunch. Let’s go eat.”

FROST

Brooke’s heat hasn’t shown any signs of coming back, and everyone seems to be feeling much more relaxed after a decent meal. Our plans have been firmed up. All of the details have been ironed out.

Now, all that’s left to do is get a few hours of sleep so we’re rested for what comes next.

Kellan surprises me by offering to take the couch.

“I’ve had more sleep than you,” he says. “I don’t need it that badly.”

“Thanks,” I tell him, giving him a smile.

He’s not a bad guy. He still doesn’t feel like pack, but I can see the five of us working something out.

I think River will be more content once they’ve mated, and it’ll work out well for his heat when it comes if he has two Alphas. Having Brooke as his Omega helped his perfume come in stronger.

He’s already acting way more relaxed than I would have expected around them both.

It’s comfortable, and it’s easy.

If only we didn’t have a psychopathic father-in-law type to deal with, we’d be golden.

“Okay, I’m seriously ready to pass out,” I announce, getting to my tired feet.

“Me too,” Brooke tells me, taking my hand.

We head for the bedroom, and everyone says goodnight.

“Is it weird that my heat went away so fast?” she asks me, as she lets go of my hand.

“Well, usually a heat ends after a week, or if the Omega gets pregnant …”

Hadn’t really considered that second option, but then again, we didn’t exactly ask if Brooke was on birth control, either.Holy hell.She must see the shock on my face because she gives me an amused smile.

“I have the implant, so we don’t need to worry about that second thing.”

“You mean, we don’t need to worry about it right now.”

She blinks at me. “We should really talk when this whole plan thing is over.”

“We will,” I assure her. “There is one other reason an Omega’s heat can go away. It’s probably the stress of everything we’re going through. River’s read up on a lot of Omega stuff and he talks about it so we can be prepared. Heats are tied to an Omega’s emotions, so they only usually come on once an Omega’s ready to settle down. But if there’s too much stress in the Omega’s life, or any kind of threat lurking around, it can interrupt the physical stuff.”

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