Page 104 of Knot Our Reality

I shake my head. “No, Michael. You’re going to keep them afloat while they do the same for you. If you make them stay away, you’re all going to drown and it’s possible that not all of you will make it through this. You need to let them in. Let them help you.”

For a minute, it’s silent except for our breaths and Michael’s sobs.

“I’m scared,” he admits. “What if one of them dies too?”

“It’ll happen, eventually. We all get old and die, but it’s easier to accept it once you’ve had a chance to live a long life with them. Are you really just going to give up because something might happen to one of them? Are you going to put them through losing their omega after losing their pack mate? Because that’s where this is heading if you don’t let them in.”

“No,” he replies. “No, I won’t do that to them.”

“Then let them in.”

He sniffles. “Will you let them in?”

Bree is already on her feet. “Of course we will.”

I squeeze Michael’s hand. “I’ve been through this, so if you need someone to talk to who will understand what you’re going through, let Bree know. I’ll be here for you through this.”

“Thank you.” He hugs me, pulling back when his pack steps into his nest.

He lets out a whine, and I know my part here is done. His pack rushes toward him, leaving me and Bree to duck out.

“Thank you,” she murmurs, and I nod, already lost in thought.

How many other omegas are out there dealing with the same exact thing Michael is? With no one to talk to and unsure how to deal with a broken bond. That’s not okay, and we need to find a way for omegas to have access to people and resources that can help them.

That’s how I’ll spend my time while the others help rebuild. I’m going to figure out how to help omegas like me.

“Omega,” Nikolai says, his voice holding a warning behind it.

I look up from the tablet with wide eyes, wondering what I could be doing wrong. Except, it turns out, Nikolai isn’t talking to me.

His eyes are locked on Camden, who’s carrying a huge bag of something toward the building they’re working on.

While I have a travel desk set up so I can work near the suitors, Camden has insisted on helping them with repairs.

“What now, Nikolai?” I can practically hear the eye roll.

“What now?” Nikolai bares his teeth as he stomps toward Camden. “What did I say about lifting heavy things?”

“Oh, fuck off.” Camden tries to move around the alpha, but Nikolai is having none of it.

He takes the bag from Camden and tosses it to the side before pinning my omega against the wall with his hand wrapped around Camden’s throat.

My eyes go wide. I know Nikolai won’t hurt Camden, but I can’t understand what’s going on right now. They both look angry as they speak too quietly for me to hear.

Then they’re kissing.

“Well, that is new,” Alexei says with a chuckle as he sits in the chair beside me. “Not surprised, though.”

“Really?” I can’t tear my eyes off the two of them as their lips clash, hands all over each other. “I had no idea.”

He wraps his arm around my shoulders, pulling me close as he sucks in my scent. “But you like.”

“Oh, yes. Very much,” I agree, and he laughs again.

“Nikolai refuses to let Camden work with anyone but him or Wilder. I think Wilder already suspect because he has let Camden go with Nikolai all week.”

I’m perfuming like crazy right now, but luckily, no one but my suitors are around right now.

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