“Ramses, sit your ass down,” she growls. “Besides you needing this, you’re a very comfortable pillow. Now eat, and then let’s start working through what you printed out.”
Which is exactly what we should do but there’s one more thing I need to tell her. Of course, it’s another doozy but sometimes that’s the irony of fate: it throws all these highs and lows at you as a test of the strength it knows you have inside.
“You’re right, thank you for letting me hold you, it’s helping.”
“I feel there’s a but coming,” she adds quickly.
“Such an intuitive Omega. So perfect for us,” tumbles out of my mouth before I have a chance to check myself.
She locks up as fast as I do. Her breathing hitches and her scent dries up, confirmation I don’t need that I’ve fumbled again.
“Sorry,” I offer once I’ve taken a long steadying exhale. “I’m not giving my Alpha needs enough credence. Made worse because I’ve also been overly honest about how we knew you were ours. My Alpha is being needy and a little smug, reminding me once again that you are my scent-matched mate for a reason.”
Heidi hums once she’s had time to digest my confession and then she buries herself further back into me. The press of her body against mine acts like a pause on the mess happening within. I also know once I tell her everything, I’ll feel better too.
“Are you ready to hear our story?”
“That’s why we’re here,” she says without wasting a second. “And, Ramses, you being honest is a good thing.”
For the first time in the past few fucked up days, I think we might not have completely ruined every chance of winning her back.
“I know we’ve talked in passing about our parents, saying our Mom considered herself a bit of a seer. Clearly, she had a thing for the ancient world, our names are a bit of a giveaway, but it goes deeper than a passing infatuation.”
Somehow I settle back further and Heidi follows.
“Her name was Issy, and what I remember of her, she had such a huge, warm personality it engulfed how small she was. Mom came from a big family, and her parents came from a bigger family… there’s no way everyone would be able to fit in one house.”
“Do you catch up with them?”
“When we have time. But it’s different now too.”
“How so?”
“This is where it gets weird.”
“How so?”
“Fate.”
Heidi lets out a small laugh. I tap her hand urging her to keep eating, my Alpha is getting a little bossy in his need for her to feel better. It’s hard not to get overly demanding when she sets it down on the far side of her so I can’t reach it, and then she twists around to face me.
“You don’t believe in fate?”
I shrug, pulling a face. “It’s not that I don’t believe. Shit, my Mom would kick my ass if she heard me talking like that. I have a healthy appreciation for the concept, don’t get me wrong…”
Heidi interrupts me. “The concept of fate and destiny is hard to prove. The concept of karma on the other hand, I eat that shit up. I love the idea.”
I chuckle unsurprised, considering her parents are such academics, but also Heidi’s personality. She comes across as a bit of a hard ass out in the real world, away from the pricks she works with but with us, she’s as sweet and soft as marshmallow.
She’s also impatient. She pops an eyebrow up expectantly.
“I do believe. I guess, I’m a bit like you. I also know you can set your own path if and when you need to. I’ve seen first-hand what happens when you work your ass off. I think there is fate, but there’s also the chance you can make your own destiny a reality.”
“Is that what you did, Ramses?”
I nod my head, agreeing. “I guess what is more important than whether I believe in fate or not, is ensuring you know what I say next hasn’t swayed us. Which doesn’t make much sense.”
“Sounds like you’re gearing me up for bad news.”
