Page 46 of Ondine: Vol. 2

“I don’t think you understand your situation here.”

“I’m not a fucking prisoner! And I’m only here for her. And I’m not sharing. ‘Oh come on Shadow, I see the woman of my dreams, let me take you to her so you take her from me.’ Grow a fucking brain.”

Ondine told me not to worry. That she would talk to Jake. I’m not worried. Jake bonded a beta to secure her. He wouldn’t hurt her.

Also, when he yelled at her to get out, her pupils dilated and she sighed. She’ll be fine. I won’t be though. I need to get back to her.

“I guess Jake was right. She’s completely gone for you,” Shadow shakes his head. “Let’s go. We were in the middle of thisshit. They are already on their way to the house and we don’t have anything to show her yet.”

He looks down at my chest, remorseful for having hit me. I hope he’s not thinking of being nice to me. I’m not done being a dick to him.

The front door is wide open when we get to the house. I turn to Shadow and he is sniffing the air. I lift my eyebrow in question.

“Jake gets a bit wild when he’s parted from the omega.” He nods towards Jake’s shoes upside down on the stairs.

Alphas. God.

We can’t do anything until the truck arrives in the morning. Shadow tells me I can stay in the room Ondine was staying in. He also shows me the towels and asks if I need to borrow some clothes. He then takes me to the kitchen where he makes us some sandwiches. It’s late, so I shower and crawl into bed to sleep shortly after.

The truck arrives around 5:00 am. Shadow meets me outside where we start loading things into the house.

We have to pass Jake’s room to get up to the second set of stairs that leads to the nest. It’s utterly silent on the other side. I’m glad they are making sure she’s sleeping. We load all the boxes up in the room. We spend all morning unboxing, organizing, and cleaning everything.

Shadow is quiet while we work. It helps with my mood. He also does what I say when I ask him.

The other alpha arrives as the bed is being delivered and set up by the movers from the nest store.

He’s handsome. His dark curly hair is shorn to his scalp. He has both soft and cut features. He looks sweet but also like he could choke you out with his giant arms.

He comes up to me with this almost friendly air about him. I’m drinking water in the kitchen.

“Arnold, is it? I’m Sebastian.” He gives me his hand to shake.

A polite alpha.

His grip is solid.

Hm.

“Nice to meet you.”

He takes my now empty glass and fills it with water for himself.

“I see you’re helping Shadow get the nest put together. I saw it the other day and it was looking pretty pathetic.”

He drinks from my glass like it isn’t the strangest behavior. Is he…hitting on me? Who reuses someone’s glass? Or is this just how it is in a pack? Sharing things and being oddly personal.

“It’s kind of my speciality. Though it’s not rocket science.”

He pauses and then gives me his full attention. “Your speciality?”

“I was a room manager at a Heat Clinic. I’m a certified omega caretaker and specialist.”

His mouth drops open.

“Well, I’ll be damned.”

He finishes the water and then puts the glass in the sink.