I couldn’t. Icould notforce myself to choose someone else who would always be second best to me.
I’d been traveling abroad, forcing myself to investigate every Omega we scented.
Trying to forgether.
It hadn’t worked.
Not for one damn second.
“There are a lot of good scent matches,” Theo said neutrally. “A lot of Omegas could be a fit for us.”
“Yeah,” I replied. “That’s true.”
But he didn’t give any suggestions.
And none of the Omegas I’d seen ever changed my mind.
That there was only one Omega who could ever satisfy me.
“Theo, how do you feel about choosing just one?” I asked, stalling. “We’re a Pack. We both have to agree.”
“We should do our duty,” he said.
But he didn’t sound pleased.
“Youdolike women, don’t you?” I teased, but the bigger man only looked out the window.
“Yes,” he said in a low voice. “I do.”
I knew better than to push. But what the hell were we supposed to do?
Alphas were made to crave an Omega, crave their sweet tenderness and love. Without an Omega, we’d always be chasing that feeling our whole lives, trying everything to fill that hole in our hearts.
I shifted my heavy balls, trying to keep them from dragging across the hard leather seat.
Because I couldn't admit to anyone that the Omega who made my dick twitch, haunted my thoughts, and consumed my dreams. . .was taken.
And that seeing her every trip home was the most beautiful kind of torturous pain imaginable.
Finally we rolled into the capital city of Winter Haven, with its characteristic vibrant-colored buildings and intricate patterns, the neatly laid-out roads, and we pulled down the lane to Koval Manor.
The Manor looked as it had for generations–ascending floors of deep regal chestnut wood and stone, with elaborate golden embellishments, and a long deck extending to the river. The grounds gleamed with ice sculptures, their construction so thick and hardy that they wouldn’t fully melt until June.
“Maybe we should have sent notice,” Theo said thoughtfully. “Looks like they’re having a dinner party.”
“Why?” I asked, feeling that familiar, overpowering arousal creep over my skin. “After all, it’smyhouse.”
Irritable because now that I was back in town, I couldn’t take a deep breath without inhalingherscent into my lungs.
Jessabella
The maddeningly, mouth-wateringly beautiful Omega who belonged to the three Alpha guardians of my estate. The sole star of my every sexual fantasy. The woman who greeted my visits with cool, polite detachment, even though I was fucking desperate for her tonoticeme.
Why the hell was her scent this strong? It shouldn’t be this strong, Of course I should smell it as I always had, the sweet intoxicating sweet blackberry meadow freshness laced through with her Alpha’s claiming scents.
But now, it was making meferal.
I just need to get the first time over with, I reminded myself. That was the hardest part about coming back. Seeing her andknowing I was nothing to her, and not being able to do anything about it.
