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One day, I woke up, and Lucian was gone like all those years as best friends meant nothing.
My name is Ember, and I’m the most rejected of all Omegas. Even the Omega Institute decided not to sell me at auction, when my family sent me to them, but instead, to give me to the Alpha Center to become a Demonstration Omega.
I should be able to claim that Jex is my emotional support Omega, right?
When I’m anxious, don’t feel safe, or am surrounded by strangers, I lose my voice. Selective mutism, the doctors called it.
“Stop talking to her like she’s an equal, or you’ll lose your privileges for today,” West snarls. “I’ll take away your mattress privilege.” “You’re breaking my heart,” Dante mutters. My lips quirk, and we share another secret smile.
“You don’t understand.” I nuzzle against him. “They’d have hurt you.” “Everybody gets hurt.” I look at him, sharply. “Yeah, me. Why didn’t you take me with you? You promised me forever.”
love you, Em, and if you’ll have me, I still want to bond with you. I never stopped wanting that.” “I loved you too. But I lost you. Now, I don’t know if I can trust you.” The words burst out of me like rain after a long drought.
