Page 13 of Venom Island

But I don’t really know where to go.

Will they send me back to my brothers? I wonder, shivering. With my Alpha being dead, I… I don’t know if my brothers will even accept me.

They’ll probably kill me.

Maybe Hel is right about running…

But where can I even run to?

I have nowhere to go. Nowhere to hide. No one to lean on for support.

I don’t even know where I am. Bariloche Sector, obviously. However, I don’t know what that’s near. I don’t even know where any of the sectors the others mentioned are located.

Wildborn Sector.

Savage Sector.

Cusco Sector.

The vampire called her home anest, a term most Omegas would usually consider to be safe. But my nest was never safe. And the vampire herself said there’s nowhere for her to go.

My fingers curl into fists, my heart beginning to pound a little too fast.Calm down,I tell myself.You’ll upset the Alphas.

I close my eyes and breathe, the technique one I mastered over the years.

In and out.

In and out.

In…The thought trails off as the scent of evergreens fills my nostrils.So, so good… Soothing. Addicting.

I lean toward that scent, only to nearly topple over in the process.

A strong hand catches me before I can fall, his skin hot against my bare shoulder.

“Caja?” Enrique’s voice causes my gaze to snap right up to where he’s crouching before me.

The other Omegas are silent, their gazes wide.

“Are you all right?” he asks me.

I swallow and nod. “Just, um, maybe hungry?” The term escapes me before I think better of it.

Of course, hearing it aloud reminds me of what Hel said about me looking at Enrique like I want to devour him.

My cheeks heat in response, my thighs tingling with a strange sort of sensation.

Oh, moons, I’m being ridiculous.

I’ve never acted this way around an Alpha before.

Although, no Alpha has ever been like this one.

Enrique studies me, a little crease forming in his brow. “What do you want to eat?” he asks me.

Hel snorts, then coughs to cover her laugh.

Fortunately, the Alpha ignores her.