The Scent of Us: Part One (The Bond Dissolution Omegaverse, #1)

by Eliana Lee

So the fact that their acquisition of her two years ago was neither legal nor consensual wasn’t a moral stretch. To them and her father, Juno was merely a product in exchange for an agreed upon sum. A rare omega for the cancellation of an insurmountable gambling debt.

Juno understood it all too well. Bonds only formed if the omega receiving the bite was happy and content with their alpha. Heats were the most vulnerable time of an omega’s life. It was no wonder almost every unbonded omega was on heat suppressants.

Being in love with a bonded omega was hell. Being in love with a forcibly bonded omega while working for the alphas responsible? It sat at a similar humiliation level to cleaning Satan’s gloryhole sex club every night. Not as the janitor — but the actual mop itself.

They would die before admitting a beta was what they had needed in their pack. And they got rid of him! Juno could gorge herself on the schadenfreude happily for the rest of her life.

“The grass isn’t greener on the other side. It’s greener where you water it. Care for her and let her care for you and I have no doubt you two will flourish.”

Juno’s next words etched themselves on his very soul. “Anger is poison, Ari. Compassion is free.”

“It takes more than a scent match to be deserving of you, Juno,”

“What happened to compassion is free?” he asked her mildly. “Not for homophobes,”