Bird falls silent for a moment.
He finishes buttoning up my shirt, before he smooths it down. “Then I hope that his voice is freed too.”
My breath catches. My chest feels tight.
Suddenly, thinking of Mars reminds me of how he helped me feel free unlike anyone else in my pack.
I scoot closer to Bird. Our knees touch.
“My brother called my Omega side Switch,” I explain. “He would sneak into my basement when he wasn’t meant to. He would risk spending time with me, while I was transformed as an Omega. I was still feral but I would be…” I have tried hard not to think about this. But I am sure that without Mars, I would have died. “I’m a feral, mute Omega. Without Mars, however, I’d be even more touch starved. I’ve never been around another Omega and…”
Bird’s eyes light with compassionate understanding. “Would you like to share a snuggle pile with me now? My favorite thing in the hotel was to snuggle with a whole load of other Omegas. It comforted us. We don’t need to do more than lie here together. I would love to meet that side of you.”
I scrutinize Bird for a moment, trying to gauge his honesty.
Nerves shoot through me.
Bird has only known me as an Alpha.
What if he looks at me differently?
He appears to catch my hesitancy because he slips his hand into my hair, stroking gently. “You’reyou, whether your dynamic is Alpha or Omega. I love you just as you are, as a person and not a dynamic.”
I stare into his beautiful eyes. “Love?”
“Ehm, I did just say that, didn’t I? Can you pretend that you didn’t hear it?”
I shake my head.
Yet I can’t say it back. I don’t know whatromantic lovemeans.
Bird is mine. I would kill or die for him.
I can’t imagine existing without my scent match now that I have found him.
I like him more than any other Omega I have met.
But is that love?
How would I know?
Why do I need to label it? Why can’t I just say that he’s mine?
“You’re pack,” I say, firmly, because that explains my feelings best. “I’ve never shown Switch to anyone but my brother. Doesn’t that tell you everything without me using words?”
“If that’s what you need,” Bird replies, dropping his gaze.
New pheromones flood through me. My scent shifts to sweet caramel.
I throw my head back and howl, as my body transforms.
Slick slips down my thighs.
I shudder and collapse into Bird’s arms.
His eyes widen in awe, and he catches me. “You’re incredible.A miracle.”
I purr, nuzzling his neck.
