Page 94 of Broken Omega

“Now, make sure you’re being extra attentive to your assigned date tonight. I’ll consider moving seating if an Alpha asks, but until then please continue to use the same seat while we’re served a meal and drinks.”

“Are we allowed to use the bathroom?” I ask, leveling my stare at her.

“Of course,” she answers with a scowl. “You may politely excuse yourself when you must.”

“Then, please excuse me. I’ll be right back.”

I get up and stalk away from the table, grinding my teeth as I leave the ballroom to go check on my fake wound. I’d better be getting out of here tonight. If I don’t, I’m going to end up in a knock-down, drag-out fight with the only female Alpha I’ve ever met.

KELLAN

Ialways thought I’d be excited when this moment finally came. I’ve waited so long, and worked so hard that every time I imagined it, I felt like I could burst with happiness.

Now, I’m nervous in ways I’ve never felt before.

Worried about things I hadn’t considered for even a second in the past.

“You’re anxious,” Lana warns me as she helps with my tie. “Calm the hell down, K. It’s only a dinner.”

“Only a dinner? It’s the first time we’re seeing each other in ten years, Lana. And that … We barely met that day. It lasted like a minute. It was nothing.”

No, it wasn’t nothing. It was everything.

It changed the course of the rest of my life.

“Wasn’t that the moment you decided you weren’t going to give up?” she asks, raising an eyebrow at me.

“It was.” I nod. “Do I need more cologne?”

She sniffs and shakes her head. “Actually, you need less cologne, and what the hell did you do to this hair?”

“I got a haircut, and it’s not that bad.”

“Not that bad.” She sighs at me. “Okay. It’s not that bad, actually. I think you’re making me nervous for you. It’s a weird feeling. Especially since you’re going to take my unicorn away from me. I should hate you for that, you know.”

“I know,” I tell her. “Does the car help?”

“Well, the car does have a nice body, too, but it’s really not the same as a beautiful woman.”

“But as far as consolation prizes go, it’s okay, right?”

She smiles. “Thank you for the Lexus, K. I honestly can’t believe you got me a car.”

“I promised I would,” I remind her.

“Well, yeah, but it was a crazy promise that I didn’t take seriously.”

“Too late, I can’t take the car back.”

“Good thing, too. I’m getting kind of attached to it.”

She steps back. “You look good, and the cologne isn’t too overpowering. I think it’s time you get going.”

“What if she’s not … I mean, what if we don’t …”

God, I can’t even bring myself to say the words.

It would kill me if she wasn’t interested.

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