My winter treasure

Chapter 1.

What is an omega without an alpha?

In the society in which I live, omegas have no rights, and therefore no obligations. This can be seen as an advantage for some, but as hell for others.

An omega without the protection of an alpha is nothing at all. They cannot inherit or own property in their own name, they cannot work or own a business, and they have no right to vote or be part of the government. The only thing an omega must do is marry or be owned by an alpha to give him children and pleasure.

And sadly, I don't have an alpha to protect me.

Tonight is especially cold, I had been told that winter would come early this year, although I never thought it would come... So soon.

I am in trouble, having my estrus so recently and ending up this way at this very moment was too much bad luck, as I am wandering in the street with nothing, with the fear of only one thing... Losing the last thing I have left.

Why do these things happen to me? Life isn't easy when you're an omega in my circumstances, but why is it so hellish? What kind of past life Karma am I paying for by living this way? I just want it to stop...

But my life wasn't always this way... A long time ago, so many years ago that it seems like an eternity, I was the youngest son of a rich family. My father was an alpha who had a huge house, surrounded by beautiful trees that smelled great, with servants and the most delicious food I have ever tasted in my life.

Back then life was good, I didn't think about it when I was a puppy, but it was. I had two other omega brothers older than me, a loving omega father, and an alpha father who adored me. What I remember most is my alpha father, I still feel his hands on my waist, hugging me and lifting me into the air as a greeting when he came home, telling me I was the most precious thing in his life.

I didn't know that life was good because I belonged to my father, like an object, my mother and my siblings were under his protection.

So when I turned 7, all that ended, my father died, and there was nothing left for us. My omega father couldn't inherit or own property, so we were thrown out of the house like dogs, while the rest of my father's relatives stole our stuff like vultures. My older brother was given to another alpha and never looked back, he never came back to me or my other brother even though he promised to come back for us. On the streets my dad couldn't stand to be without his partner much longer, my alpha father's death had hurt him too much, so a few weeks later he died too.

My other older brother, Micha, lived by my side for several years. He loved me and so he wanted to take responsibility for me, taking care of me more than his own life, trying to keep me safe at any cost. Micha and I were taken in by the owner of a brothel, the only job an omega can aspire to, which is not paid with money, only with food and a roof to sleep under. Micha never allowed customers to touch me, only he would sacrifice himself, giving his body and his sanity for me, to keep me safe. But that kind of life is not healthy, and after a couple of years protecting me, he died too, leaving me alone.

"You can't stay in the brothel, do you understand? You have to escape, even the streets... They are better than this place... I'm sorry I can't take care of you anymore, Nick, I will always be by your side..." that was the last thing Micha told me: "So please, just go now, before it's too late for you."

Holding my brother's hand as he was dying sick, I promised him that I would not become a prostitute, and before I saw him die with my own eyes, I escaped from the brothel as far away as I could.

I still don't know if running that far was the right decision, but it was the last thing my brother asked me to do, so I refused to go back to that or any other brothel, I wasn't going to let down the only family I had left.