Page 30 of Omega's Triplets

The girl who broughtMaddy her dinner was tiny. She couldn’t have been more than twelve years old, Maddy thought—too old to be a likely child of any of the three men she’d met so far, but too young to be their sister. The girl carried a tray with a bowl of broth, which she set on the bed beside Maddy, staring with frank curiosity.

“Hi,” Maddy said.

“Hi,” the girl answered. “So, you’re the omega.”

The omega. As if that was all she was. “I’m Maddy,” Maddy said.

“Hi Maddy. I’m Piper.”

“Do you live here too?”

“Yeah. Mark and Jamie and Harley adopted me when I was a kid.”

She was surprised. “That was nice of them.”

“They are nice.”

“Did they tell you to tell me that?” If the men thought that sending this little girl up here was going to win her over, they were wrong.

“What?” Piper asked. “No, of course they didn’t. I was just supposed to bring you the soup Reese made.”

“Who’s Reese?”

“My brother—adopted brother.”

“How many of you are there?”

“Just three. Me and Reese and Amy. She used to live in this room before you got here.”

That was nice also. Maddy had assumed Mark had put her here because he and the rest of the pack had this room to spare. But now it seemed like that wasn’t the case at all. They hadmaderoom for her.

That was a point in their favor.

But was it enough to earn her trust? She still wasn’t sure. Maybe Piper would have more information that could help her figure it out. “Do you know what they want with me?” she asked the girl.

“Of course,” the girl said. “They want to pass along their genes. They want to create an heir.”

“Which of them?”

“All of them. The alpha line is divided into three. That’s what Mark always says. The only way to pass it along is with an omega who can bear a litter with three different sires.” She spoke jauntily, a little proudly, as if she were reciting something from memory.

Maddy was stunned. “You mean, they all want to father children with meat the same time?”

“Isn’t that normal for omegas?” Piper asked. “Mark said that was why they needed one so badly. I thought that was what omegas were for.”

“Omegas aren’tforanything,” Maddy said. “We’re not tools to be used. We’re people. Just like everyone else.”

The girl reddened. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I didn’t mean to be rude.”

Immediately, Maddy felt bad. There was no reason to take her feelings out on this child who hadn’t done anything wrong. “It’s okay,” she said. “I know you didn’t mean anything by it.”

“I didn’t,” Piper agreed, relief overcoming her whole face. “Truly.”

“What if I tell them I don’t want to have their children?” Maddy asked Piper. “What do you think they’d say to that?”

Piper looked confused. “Why wouldn’t you want to? Don’t you want babies?”

“Maybe.”

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