The Rejected Omega: There Were Times I Wished You Were Dead

m

ing realization that I had just m

ned as I blinked my eyes open, my body sluggish and sore in ways I didn't want to think about. The ceiling abov

al effort. The sheet slipped from my shoulders, exposing bare ski

This can't b

water in my hands. The last clear moment I could recall was Reed dragging me t

ade a point of inviting everyone, even Omegas like me. I hadn't believed her intentions

sic had been loud, the drinks flowing freely. I didn't belong there, and I knew it. Yet Reed

ng. A blank space where my

I was, naked

ead, and the

yn

d, and his face relaxed in a way I'd never seen before. He looked p

s the

had made them. My mating gland throbbed, a dull ache that pulsed through my body,

had ma

outh to keep from screamin

iend. Reed's boyfriend

I couldn

g every movement, but I forced myself to stay upright. My clothes were a crumpled heap on

ull, an overwhelming need to turn back and crawl into Rayne's arms. My Omega instincts screamed a

to breathe through the haze. This

to l

he zipper. The movement was clumsy and loud, an

a low gro

the

aced as I heard the rustle of sheets, t

mb

waist. His chest was bare, and the marks I'd left on him were just as visible as the ones he'd

ctual fuck

est despite the knot of guilt lodged there. "W

cking, venomous. "Convenient. Let me guess-you're going to play the v

ief and hurt colliding

ctly what you were doing. You used your

ke a slap, but h

end. And still, you let this happen." He sneered, his lips curling as

like a physical blow, hurt that our Alpha was reprimandin

oice shaking but defiant. "Blaming me

knowing you were in heat. Do you even realize what you did? Your intoxicating pheromones were st

, they must have slipped heat inducing drugs in my drink as some kind of sick prank. I don't know who, or

ht. I forced them out anyway. "So I w

still etched in every tense line of his face. "Of course you'd come up

pounding in my chest. "W

tany's house, wandering around like a fucking idiot. You were already in heat, Ambe

th humiliation, b

ing. "Any Alpha would've jumped at the chance to take you. But

" I de

mate, Amber. And the second I realized that, everything else went to hell. Your pheromones were so strong,

n't even remember much after that. Just getting you int

I never wanted this to happen. Do you think I wanted you to be my mate?" I shook my hea

t this does to me, knowing I betrayed Reed like this. He's the only person who's ever stood by me, the only one who's ever cared. And

in anger. "Shut up," he snapped, his voice sharp enough to cu

nforgiving. But what hurt most was the look in hi

ore than any of this," he

iated through my body. My wolf whimpered, the sound echoing in my mind, but I refused to let the

ht of my pitiful state. "Stop looking at me like that," he muttered, his voice laced

eed?" he said, his voice sharp and bitte

nd, a sharp knock ec

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