Knot So Perfect Omega (Omega Match #1)(50)

“Aww, but Alvie.” One of the women whined like pretending to be an omega would help her cause.

“What did you just call me?” he growled, stepping closer to her. She shrank back in her seat. “My name is Alvaro to the likes of you. Now get out of here before I call our security.”

I didn’t know what the hell that was about, but I wasn’t about to ask.

“Fucking groupies,” Payne grumbled.

“You don’t know how much this means to us. Thank you.” I extended my hand to Alvaro as he walked back toward us. “We owe you.”

Alvaro shook my hand and then reached for my bag. “Come on. Let’s get you home to your omega.”





CHAPTER TWENTY





Rio





The two-hour flight back to Los Angeles felt ten times as long as it was. I’d really been trying to not think about my past since Kayla had arrived, but now that she was in heat, old wounds were coming to the surface.

None of my packmates knew about my past before them, and they never asked. It had never felt like the right time to talk about it, but now with my stomach knotting and my throat threatening to cut off my air supply, I needed the reassurance it wasn’t about to happen again.

I’d barely survived the pain at nineteen. I didn’t think I could survive it again.

After the plane had landed, N’Pact let us use their limo while they called for another ride. Our pack had been stuck in our own heads the whole flight, so we hadn’t talked to them much besides to express our gratitude multiple times.

We were about ten minutes from the house when I finally grew the balls to talk to them about the anxiety and fear I knew they could feel through our bond. They probably thought I was concerned about Kayla, and while I was, I knew she was going to be fine.

I rolled up the privacy window between the back and front of the limo and three sets of eyes turned to stare at me in question. “I need to tell you guys something that I’ve been keeping from you.”

Beck crossed his arms over his chest and nodded his head. I could feel a tendril of disappointment from him, even though he had no clue what I was about to tell them.

“Go on, man. What is it?” Kane leaned forward, his arms across his legs.

I stared out the window, trying to figure out where to start. “You all know I come from a very traditional, wealthy family. Part of that tradition is to build packs before their children even emerge.”

“Shit.” Rylan was next to me and put his hand on my shoulder in support.

“I was part of a pack before I met you guys. None of us liked each other, but we did the bond and tried to make things work because that was what our families expected of us.” The memories of the first few months of our bond were painful to recall.

There was so much fighting for the leader position, which was one of the reasons I forced myself not to give in to my instincts to fight Beck.

“Then the omega promised to our pack came of age after her two years at a boarding school. She’d already been forced to go off her suppressants, so by the time she moved in with us she was already starting her heat.” A tear slipped out and I let it fall onto my shirt. “We got her through it, but then when it was time to bond with her…”

“You don’t have to finish if it’s too painful,” Beck said softly, surprising the shit out of me.

“No, I need to, because as much as I’ve tried to pretend it’s no longer stuck with me, it is.” I wiped another tear from my face. “She decided she didn’t want us. It fucking hurt, but then the next day she was gone and so was one of my packmates. They ran off together.”

“Fuck.” Kane leaned back in his seat. “That’s rough.”

“It took me a good year to heal enough from it to want to move on. I enrolled in school and then met you guys and it just felt right. I thought I’d have more time to reassure myself that history wasn’t going to repeat itself, but here we are.” I looked at each of them and hated the pity I saw on their faces.

“That’s not going to happen. We’re all in this together.” Beck reached over and grabbed my hand. “We’re brothers.”

“But what if she decides she only wants one of us? There’s nothing saying she can’t do that.” We were all seeing Kayla through rose-tinted glasses because she had quickly become everything to us, but what if the same wasn’t true for her?

Kane grabbed Beck’s hand and then Rylan’s. We were all connected, and I felt our bond strengthen. “She is going to want all of us. She told me she wants to bond with us… she was just waiting until after our championship.”

“And you didn’t tell us?” Beck’s frown deepened.

“She didn’t want me to. She let it slip the other day.” Kane shrugged, not giving a shit. “She’s ours and we’re hers. There’s no question about that.”

His reassurance meant the world to me, and my shoulders relaxed for what felt like the first time in days. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you guys.”

“You had your reasons, but know that you don’t need to go through things alone. I know we aren’t the mushy feelings type of pack, but we’re here for you.” Rylan moved his hand from my shoulder and took my other hand. “I have a confession since we’re having a moment here as a pack.”