Sometimes, I’m not surprised that people don’t want to hire Omegas, that they don’t feel like Omegas can really work as much as Betas or Alphas can. When we go into heat, our bodies change, we become... We become different, weaker. The only thing our hormones and bodies are working towards when we’re in heat is to make sure that we get mated, that we become pregnant. That’s all. Everything focuses on that one goal, become pregnant, because that’s the only way to make the heat subside.
Even when I take heat suppressants, I still feel how my body goes all weird during mating season. Even suppressed, the heat messes with my mind in ways that I hate. And now... Now I’ll actually be going through mating season, unmedicated, for the first time in my life... Fucking hell.
Max moves slowly and my head jerks up, meeting his gaze as my heart pounds. His eyes grow a moment, before he lets out a slow breath, his eyes on his hand, which he almost grabbed my hand with. “How are you feeling?”
The other guys are still, almost like they’re holding their breath, just to hear my reply.
“I don’t know.” I shake my head, looking down at the empty plate and then sliding it away from me as I wrap my arms around myself. “I have no idea. I’ve never felt like this before, and I have no idea what to expect to happen now.”
My heat is low at the moment, but I know that it will come back in a couple of hours. The heat will last days, potentially over a week, and all that time my body will be weakened and the guys will have to fight to keep themselves under control. They will fail. They will fail at least a couple of times... And since I might... Since I might...
No. That just... I can’t even think it.
My heat will influence them much more the rest of the week because I won’t be able to take my meds anymore, not my pheromone suppressants, not any of the others, because it wouldn’t be safe... It wouldn’t be safe after I’ve been... mated. So even calling the number of the doctor that Max’ cousin has given him won’t be of any use anymore, because it’s too late. There’s nothing that can be done now.
I slowly stand up, needing some fresh air, just needing to clear my head. “I’m...” I look out the window, but going outside is probably a bad idea right now. “I’ll be upstairs.”
I don’t wait for any of the guys to reply, walking out of the kitchen, up the stairs and opening the room right across from the stairs. All the rooms have balconies, and since I don’t want to go back into the room which reeks of sex, I just have to use any of the other rooms.
The loud growling and angry sounds from elsewhere in the house make my head shoot up. I’ve just been sitting in a chair, staring out over the forests and mountains, trying to clear my head. Then I hear a loud crash and feel vibrations through the floor as something big falls over and I jump to my feet.
What the hell is going on?
I rush back inside the house, opening the door to the hallway, listening. It’s quiet for a moment before a table appears in the hallway below me and crashes into the floor, thrown from one of the rooms downstairs. One of the legs of the table splinters as it lands wrong and another leg snaps off, bouncing all the way over to the door. I let out a cry of surprise, pushing myself back to the wall, sliding down as my heart feels like it’s trying to break from my chest.
What the fuck?
“Cyra?” That’s Spence. “Hell, Zack. Just... Get yourself under control.” Spence’s footsteps sound on the tiled floor downstairs. “Cyra?” He calls out again. Then his footsteps are on the stairs, sprinting up, and the next moment his arms are around me. “Are you okay?”
I shake my head. I don’t think I’ll be ‘okay’ for a very long time. “What’s going on?” I try to keep my voice steady, but my heart is still pounding and fear is starting to seep into my mind.
Spence swallows hard, taking a careful breath, his arms tightening around me. “Your parents...”
Oh, no. Just those two words make me feel sick. “What did they do?” I don’t even really want to hear the answer, but I need to. I need to know what’s going on, what they did now. How they’re going to hurt... How they’re going to hurt my mates.
“Come on. Better if you see it for yourself.” He carefully helps me up and then almost carries me down the stairs.
Downstairs, Zack is standing next to the table, staring at me, his eyes filled with regret. His shoulders sag as he follows us, while Spence guides me to the living room. It’s pretty obvious where the table came from, as there’s a big empty space in the middle of the living room, but my attention doesn’t stay on that for very long.
Max and Liam spin around on the couch, their eyes on me pained, as my gaze goes up to the TV on the wall. They’ve got it turned on, just without the sound, which makes the hard breathing in the room even more obvious.
It’s like I can’t get any air as my chest constricts, my eyes not able to leave the screen. ‘LIVE: Alpha Fireborn and their Omega are holding a press conference in front of police station. First reports say that Alpha Fireborn has officially filed a missing person’s report for his Omega daughter. The four Alphas she left the party with on Saturday are currently the prime suspects in this case which is quickly turning into a potential kidnapping situation.
