Peppermint Omega

23

She was beautiful. I was stunned to silence as her face came into view. Perfectly styled blonde hair, and beautifully applied make up completed her look. Soft blue eyes looked me over as concern etched her features. And something from back of my memory banks tugged - something about her is vaguely familiar.

'Are you alright?' she asked in a completely different voice than what she was speaking to Lucian earlier. I only nodded, too afraid to speak. More afraid to look at the glowering man. 'Lucy, back down. You are scaring the omega.'

I didn't realize I was shaking from the intensity of his pheromones mingling in the air. They tasted the exact same as I remembered. Shakily, I pressed myself to my feet and stuck a hand in my pocket, pulling out a peppermint. The soothing taste burst on my tongue as I slowly got my bearings.

'You..' he hissed and took a step back. 'Are you a little stalker?'

The woman looked between us confused, and I shook my head. 'Then what are you doing here?! How did you know..'

I crushed the candy between my teeth, slowly moving backward again. This time keeping an eye on my feet. 'I'm okay,' I directed to the woman. 'I'll get going.'

A heavy hand grasped my upper arm. 'Answer me. Did my father send you, fucking omega?'

His grip dug into my flesh through my jacket. I could feel the heat of his anger rising through his skin and pheromones. God, it tingled. He pulled me toward him, but I resisted, tugging backward and keeping my eyes trained on his broad chest.

Did he get.. bigger? pipped up little voice. I groaned at the audacity of my subconscious even asking about him. It would be a lie to say I never thought about him. Some of the faces Moonie made caused me to think about him, especially when she tried to glare at me or when she became excited about something. They had the same eyes. The same intense eyes..

'Lucy! Lucy, you are spilling too much. It is hurting the omega. Stop it!' complained the woman. He growled at her lowly, in the back of his throat.

'GET LOST, AMELIA!'

She huffed and looked at me, then back at him. 'If you think I am going to leave you alone with this omega.. you have another thing coming.'

'I'm okay, really,' I whispered, feeling my body give into him. It was like he was the air I breathed at that moment. I needed to resist. Ordering my body to move proved difficult when all it wanted to do was absorb more pheromones.

'Did you start your heat?' she asked shocked, looking back at him. His grip tightened around my arm, bruising the flesh underneath.

'No,' I told her, panting. 'I just need to get out of here.'

'Lucy.. Let him go.'

'No.' The word was full of so much weight and bitterness. A deep scowl formed on her face.

'You know him,' she muttered, and she narrowed her eyes at me. 'It matters not omega. This one is mine. Have your fun.'

Her tone was full of venom as she flashed her ring finger at me. I didn't care. I don't know what that had to do with me. I wanted to leave. 'No.. No..,' I breathed feeling my heartrate skyrocket. 'It's..'

Lucian yanked me into his arms, fully lifting me off the floor and carried me back down the hallway. The change in his pheromones happened the moment we stepped behind the door.

'My apologies,' his deep voice vibrated his chest under me.

I pushed him enough to be released from his grasp and punched him square in the jaw. 'You used me?!'