Worth Twice His Weight in Gold (Robby/Miguel)

Chapter 6: Fear Frozen in Time

The captain remembered when the omega came home from that trip with startling clarity. He recalled Hawk seeing a dark purplish bruise on the boy's neck and mocking him about having finally lost his virginity.

Robby looked down at the table afterward, his cheeks flushed with discomfort, and the crew had laughed. It had been a rite of passage in a way, something the pirates could poke fun at, and they had without hesitation.

The omega had been quiet the rest of the night, which in itself wasn't unusual, but he excused himself early from their meal and headed to his room. The sound of cat-calls had followed him as he disappeared up the staircase.

Miguel vividly recalled feeling his veins flooded with jealousy at the thought of anyone touching the boy. He had clenched his fists under the table, trying to deny his own emotions and picturing some stupid young alpha around their age charming his way into the omegas pants for a night of passion.

He wanted to kick himself for being so lost in his own possessiveness that he didn't notice the omegas suffering.

'The amount of strength it was must have taken to remain composed after being teased about something so horrific and life-shattering,' he mused sadly.
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"Why didn't you say anything?" Miguel asked quietly.

"I wanted to, but dad seemed so proud of me. He and grandfather shared a look right afterward like a secret had passed between them —then he made a joke about me, "finally becoming a man."

Robby could barely speak the words out loud, but eventually, he managed to whisper the thought that was eating away at him. "I-I thought dad was finally coming to the same conclusion grandpa had, that my place was on my back and that it had been a mistake to raise me as an equal."

Miguel felt a shiver run down his spine at the omegas words. "Oh no, sweetheart. Johnny didn't mean it like that — he had no clue what that bastard was going to do to you. Your dad would have killed him for touching you that way."
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Robby didn't seem to have heard him.

"Grandpa always told me that omegas were not fit to lead. He said they were meant to serve as bedwarmers, take their alphas knot, and be good little whores. That's what he kept telling me that night. How I was such a "good little bitch" and how pretty my mouth looked wrapped around his cock."

It was silent for a moment as the captain seethed.

Kreese was rather old-fashioned when it came to omegas, but he had never spoken quite so daring in front of the commander. He would have had a blade pushed against his throat if he'd ever talked that way in their presence.

The realization that this beautiful, sweet-hearted, and insecure omega had grown up being told by a man he should have been able to trust that he was nothing but a hole for an alphas cock made the captain want to go ballistic.

"He made me climax, Miggy," Robby admitted quietly, his voice tinged with shame.

The captain's heart shattered into tiny pieces.

"He raped me, and I must have enjoyed it because I came on the sheets like a cheap prostitute. I guess grandfather was right about me — the only thing omegas are good for is spreading their legs."

Miguel pulled the other boy into his arms, hugging him tightly, and ignored how good the omegas body felt pressed against his own. "None of that is your fault, love. The things he did to you, it's unforgivable, but it's not your fault that you responded.'