Two Souls

Otto
“Ohmygod! He’s right there!”
I stifled a grin when the squeal was followed by a flood of drunken whispers shushing Dex, but the birthday boy would have none of it.
“I will not shush!” he huffed out in a whispered shout which carried further than he realized. Hell, even the humans over at the pool table across the bar were chuckling at the feisty Omega. “Otto is right there!”
I listened long enough to be sure it was all normal drunken nonsense and headed back behind the bar, grinning as I refilled their drinks. None of the Omegas were actually mine, but my bear still got satisfaction out of providing protection, from being needed.
I was still floating on a bit of a high when I kissed Dex’s cheek and tucked the last of them into their Uber. Darren was already gone for the night, so I locked the bar behind me and headed around to the employee parking lot. The single light in the small parking lot had been shot out by vandals a few days earlier, so the only light came from the cloud-dimmed moon, but that was more than enough to make out the three state police cruisers parked beside my car.
As I approached, two officers -werewolves, from their scents- stepped forward, one to each side of me.
“Otto Nielsen, you have the right to remain silent.”
~*~
For seven years, Dex waited for the Alpha he loved to return so they could resume the path he just knew was leading toward a life together, but when Otto was finally home, it seemed Dex was the only one still seeing a future together. Too bad Dex didn’t realize that before things got..complicated.

Can he convince hie Alpha to stop protecting him from himself?