Alpha and Omega

2. Beta (Β,β)

At the first moment my whole body shuddered as it reacted strongly to the presence of the alpha. But this time, the wave that flooded my entire being was not unpleasant. On the contrary. It was like when it's incredibly hot and you can sink into the cooling waves of the ocean after endless hours in the hot sun.

With my heightened senses, I noticed the new scent that entered the room with him, in fact, I registered it first, before I could even see the alpha.

It was a strange scent, reminding me of dark chocolate, cinnamon and rosemary, but clearly I was already hallucinating. And there was something else underneath, not as intense, but far more exciting, masculine, dominant.

And I hated Ella so much because she'd betrayed me in the worst possible way. Unfortunately, in my condition, I couldn't get a word out because I could barely lift my head and turn it towards them.

With great effort, I focused on the tall boy standing in the doorway.

Well, a boy. He must have been older than me, about twenty-five. Longer auburn hair waved lightly around his face, his green eyes radiated calm and serenity, and because he was undeniably an alpha, there was an aura of strength, confidence and dominance about him.

All of my instincts suddenly screamed 'submit to him' and those even more primal urges yearned for him to claim me immediately and finally calm the raging storm inside of me.

And controlling those voices seemed almost impossible in my condition. Yet I tried with all my might.

I wanted to speak, but all that came out of my throat was something like a growl. I tried to tell him to go away, to leave me to my misery, that I didn't want this.

But I was so out of it that it was extremely difficult to hold on to any rational thought. Besides, the boy was very handsome and his calm strength made me feel safe. In fact, his mere presence in the room was enough to make me feel better.

"Ella, what did you... do?" I finally managed to pull myself together and even sit up on the bed, though I was still shaking all over, my sweaty black hair sticking to my face and my head aching.

"I'm sorry, but you were worse than ever, our folks aren't here and I didn't know what to do." Ella's brown eyes, so similar to mine, looked apologetically into my face. "I called the hospital and they recommended a clinic."

She fell silent when she saw my angry expression.

Oh, a clinic. That's when it hit me. I also realised who the alpha was.

"Leave us, Ella, I'll talk to your brother alone."

The voice. That deep, masculine voice complemented his already confident demeanour perfectly.

So this had to be a professional alpha, the one you pay when you need "help at this delicate time".

I'd never met one, but you heard things.

How could Ella do that to me? It was so humiliating.

My sister immediately complied and left me alone with him.

"Get out," I snapped, but the tone of my voice lacked any firmness, it was more like a low whisper. It took a lot of effort just to say the word. The omega in me would have preferred to lower his gaze, drop to his knees and submit to this man's every wish.

I had no problem dealing with any alpha at my school. Those idiots who thought they could shout all sorts of obscenities at me soon found out that I was the wrong guy to mess with.  

Only this was a different story. This alpha was a grown-up alpha. The very definition of what an alpha should be, right out of the encyclopaedia. The perfect embodiment of dominance that didn't have to be earned with strong words or macho tricks.