Page 168 of Shattered Omega: Part Two

“We… we nearly died. Our omega… she saved us.”

Vandle nodded slowly. “And nothing happened to them?”

I felt the hatred twist my face. “No.”

Decebal had checked the bugs. Nothing.

“It’s designed to be one way. Aura energy displacement won’t cross the bond. It will just… reflect it back at you.”

“What the fuck does that mean?”

“You cannot touch him or hurt him. Any damage you inflict will only reflect onto your own aura. It was a fail-safe—since the lab rats were never supposed to get out…” He laughed. “To hunt him down and… and…” He cocked his head. “And what? What are you going to do?”

I was still trying to keep up. “Why do you keep saying…him?”

Vandle considered me. “You and 68 are only bonded to one—and his pack only by proxy. To bind to more than one alpha… well, not even Dr. Wren’s experiments could manage that.”

Flynn…

Did that mean I could touch the others?

“We have an omega, another pack mate, are they?—”

“No. Just you and 68. It cannot go beyond that.”

Okay. I nodded. Shatter and Ransom were going to be dragged into this fucked up bond.

“What do we do?”

“Do?”Vandle asked.

“If we kill them?—”

“If he dies, you die.”

“If…” I trailed off, those words sinking in like a nightmare.“What?”

“It wasn’t built for you. It wasn’t built forfairness. You were never human to them.”

“So that’s it? There’s no way out?”

“Of course there is.”

“What?”

“The bond was built for him, which meant there is a way out. But it will only break if he chooses to release it.”

A growl loosed from my throat. I was sick to my stomach, every piece of hatred I’d ever tried to bury, surfacing at once. To free ourselves of this, Dusk and I were at the mercy of FlynnfuckingLincoln?

“You said you bonded an omega?” Vandle asked, ignoring my outburst entirely.

“Yes.”

Vandle peered down at the handkerchief. “This omega?”

“Why… Why is it getting worse?” I asked, needing answers to that. “Since we bonded with her, the sickness has gotten worse.”

It didn’t make sense.

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