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"Wait," she said. "I can speak Minister Zamgarg. Explain to him the situation."

"No!" Panic rose within him. "No. He can't find out about this. Understand? He can't."

Healer Fielding nodded, shocked, as Bryan fled the room.

He shifted to wolf form and broke into a sprint, his mind twisting within the news. He ran all the way back across town, back to Josef's house where he collapsed on the floor in his human form, crying and gasping for breath. He felt everything crumbling around him.

Why?

The only power he had as an Omega, gone. He could do nothing now. There would be no child, and the contract would be nullified. He would be sent home. No one would hire an Omega, not in a place like New Pixia.

All was lost.

His mind felt broken. He couldn't think straight. The world continued to gyrate and swirl around him like a never-ending vortex. He squeezed his eyes shut.

Short of magic, nothing can be done.

Magic.

No. Nowhe'dgone insane. He couldn't possibly be considering that as an option, but his father's story was ringing in his mind like a bell. If the Direlings could really bring a man back to life, couldn't they give an Omega the ability to bear a child?

"You're mad," he whispered to himself. "You've finally snapped, Bryan. Finally snapped."

But now his thoughts were running off on their own wild path. He was mulling over a way to enter the forest without anyone knowing. To find the Direlings.

The thought of death hadn't even crossed his mind. He couldn’t have explained why, but he wasn't worried about the danger. The only thing that filled his mind was the idea that they could help him. When Josef returned to the house, Bryan was waiting for him in the bedroom. He presented himself as he was expected to every night, his entrance lubricated and ready. He barely even felt the pain of penetration. All he could think about was Direling magic. What could he offer to them as an incentive to help him? What did the Direlings even want?

He knew nothing about them. He barely knew what they looked like. He imagined a terrible, primitive people. Unkempt. Vicious.

As Josef pounded into him, his cock violently crushing into his insides, Bryan made the decision. He would seek out the Direlings. And he would give them whatever they asked in order to save his brother.