Loyalty to the Pack: Seed Brothers x Reader

Chapter 4: The Power of Doubt

 John rarely came home after the incident. He was held up in his bunker as you wasted away at the Ranch. All you did was sit in your room, in pain. From either the lack of John or possible first heat, you couldn't tell. The pain began in your chest, disguising itself as simple anxiety. At first, you did think it was anxiety with the chest tightening agony then the pain slowly made its way to your abdomen. The pain stayed there and grew with each passing day. When you were born, your parents already knew you were an Omega. Being an Omega was easy for the first years of your life, but then other Omegas got their heat.

When Gabriel got his first heat, you thought you were a lucky son of a bitch. You didn't have to deal with constantly being horny or the never-ending thought of Alphas. That was until your heat never came, then you started to think you were a Beta. Worth nothing to the Project but a simple lacky. In a way, Omegas were the same thing.

As a young teen, you voiced your concerns to your mother about possibly being a Beta. Maybe the midwife was wrong, maybe the Father was wrong. Your mother just simply calmed you down and tried to explain everything. You refused to listen back then, now you're starting to regret ever doing that.

Maybe you could call John over the Radio? No, that definitely didn't sound like a good idea. Since the Collapse started, everyone has been on edge not only for the end of the world but the Deputy as well. The Deputy was something you only heard whispers of. As you walked around the Ranch, wolves would talk about him and then immediately shut up about it when they spotted you. From what you could salvage, the Deputy was the one who tried to arrest Joseph and then escaped, causing trouble for everyone apart of Eden's Gate.

Because of this lunatic, the Ranch was on lockdown and nothing came in or out in fear of being taken by the Deputy or his so-called "resistance." Another throb of pain shot through your core as you looked out the window. The guard was changing once again, bringing in younger looking faces. But still no sign of John... or Holly. Since that night, Holly hasn't been seen in the Ranch. You had spotted her once, the morning after your almost kiss with the Alpha, but she fled before you got too close.

Not seeing her was a bonus in your book, but there was always one thought that would pop into your head when thinking about her. Was she with John?. She could either be in the bunker with him or somewhere else. You pushed this thought to the back of your mind and continued to stare out the window. The pain still not going away. For the past hour, the pain had no signs of slowing down, it kept getting stronger, This was definitely a heat, and there was no one here to help. If only you had a way to get to Gabriel and figure all this out.

You let out a sigh and blew your (h/c) hair out of your face. Your (e/c) eyes flew over every face until you spotted one familiar one. Bingo. The Beta from your first day here. George, you think his name was. You could clearly see his mop of hair as he marched around the grounds. You got up from your spot and walked to the door. You peeked into the hall and made your way to the living room. You dashed outside, careful to not get caught. The guards were under strict orders to keep you here. Something about the Deputy being a dirty sinner and going on a mass killing spree. There was also something throw in about him being redeemed and that the Father demanded it. You lost interest when John turned it into a full-blown speech over a shared radio channel.

"George..." You started off quiet, hoping the Beta could hear his own name. He didn't seem to flinch at all. You let out a small growl and tried again. "George." He still didn't make a move, but the hold on his gun becam shakier. "George!" You practically screamed his name. Your (e/c) eyes went wide at how loud you were. Thank the Father no one seemed to notice except him. He turned around and squinted, trying to find where his name was coming from. Sometimes Betas can be just as dense as Alphas.