“I love deeply, obsessively. And I will be overprotective and ask you to drink too much water. I’m a workaholic and will needto be reminded to stop. I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep more than a few nights away from you.”
“Then, we’ll just have to be together always. I’ll drink lots of water and be safe in your arms. We can work together, matching desks.”
If I wasn’t sold before, her answers have convinced me now. They have just completely stolen my heart. She’s mine. There’s no escape now.
Her scent dances around, light and playful. A happy omega, and that happiness leaks into me, calming me down.
I pull into a darkened driveway, the tyres crunching on gravel. Her words lifting me up, making every doubt and fear I’ve had over the last couple of days crumble to dust and fade away. I feel like I’m not the same person I was when I got into the car.
“Where are we?”
I pull up in front of a lit-up building. She stares at it, her eyes widening. She whips her head towards me, her mouth working as she struggles to say what’s melting her mind.
“This is the Skyperch Nature Resort.”
“I know.”
“I’ve never been here.”
“I am aware of that, too. Your mum told me, and Sofia,” I admit when she looks at me startled.
“But…”
Her but has me tensing, wondering if I’ve chosen the wrong venue.
“This is a…are we staying here?” she squeaks.
“Yes, overnight. And I’ve made a donation in our names. Well, your name.”
She huffs and turns to me, and the smile on her face says I’ve made the right choice. Her eyes shine as she squeals and closes the distance between us, awkwardly hugging me. I’ve made her happy. It feels like the biggest achievement of my life.
I get out and come around the SUV, opening the door. She slides out, waiting while I lock up the car. I hold out my hand, and she puts hers in mine. Something inside me goes still. This is it. This is what I need: her hand in mine forever.
I swallow my overwhelming feelings and guide her up the stairs and into the lobby.
“Good evening, Alpha Blizzard,” a beta says from behind a desk. “Everything is ready for you.”
I turn and find Cordelia has walked away, and she’s staring up at the domed glass roof. ‘The Prayer’ is playing softly in the background. The soft orange light hits her and makes her glow. Her nails are painted scarlet red, and her reflection on the marble floor is almost as perfect as she is.
I see all these details and a thousand more, but she takes my breath away, steals it and grabs hold of my heart. It’s divided into three equal parts, but this omega has the part of me I didn’t know existed.
I am hers.
No matter what.
I’m not sure I can be apart from her for much longer.
“Thank you, Xania.”
The beta slips a key card onto the desk. “If you follow Benjamin, he will show you where your dinner is waiting.”
I wait until Cordelia stops looking at the massive space. It’s got the most luxurious sitting area with black carpet and blue chaises in front of a massive window that overlooks a cliff with incredible views of the ocean.
She wraps her hands around my arm and stays close beside me as we walk through a large, curving corridor. We’re taken up a flight of stairs and into a darkened restaurant, where, sitting at a table by the window, are Fox and Sebastian.
The two of them stand up when they see her.
She makes a sound of pure happiness and lets go of me to rush towards them. It’s the only time I will ever be happy to have her let go of me.
