Page 2 of Omega on the Rocks
That may be, but my existence is what keeps you alive, keeps you sane, and put you on the path you're on now. Stop acting like I am the unwanted part of you. I am you.
If I could smack him I would, but unfortunately I could not.Leave me be.
I considered my options, if I gave Kieran my name, would that give away who I was? I really didn't want to deal with that tonight. He seemed innocuous enough, aside from the fact that my body was attracted to him when it shouldn't be.
Who gets to decide who you should and shouldn't be attracted to. You can be attracted to men if you want.
My omega had a point. I preferred to sleep with women though.
And you know this how? How many men have you slept with when I wasn't looking?He chuffed quietly.
"I'm Malachi, my friends usually call me Cai." I nod in his direction, before picking up my glass and taking a sip. It burned, all the way down. I blinked back the water that sprung into my eyes.
Leather creaked, as he moved, a chuckle filling the air around us. "Malachi huh, guess that angel nickname isn't too far off then." He shot me a wink, and I swear the temperature in the bar had to have shot up 10-15 degrees.
"I actually don't know what you mean." I manage to force out, curious what about Malachi signaled angel.
"Malachi is hebrew for messenger, or angel depending on who you ask." He shook his head, and nodded to the bartender who had dropped off his drink. "Thanks Kenz."
Stupid ass beta.
I blinked. What was that? He hadn't ever had loud opinions before, what was different now? I decided to ignore it.There was nothing good going to come from his loud opinions butting in unwanted.
"So, which woman have you been eyeing? I can try to put in a good word for you, being from these parts I know most everyone around here."
I almost blurted out that I hadn't even noticed any women because all I had been doing was staring at him, but wisely kept those words from leaving my lips. "I hadn't had a chance to look around much, yet. Which ones are nicest?"
He shifted to face me, dark eyes boring into mine. A smirk tilted up the corners of his lips, as though I had said something amusing. I fidgeted with my glass, trying to ignore the fluttering feeling in my stomach that had resulted from having hisattention fully on me. I was straight, and I'd do well to remember that.
"None of them are nice. Every woman in here will rip your heart out, stomp on it, and have you for dinner if you'd let her. This isn't the place to hangout for nice."An amused chuff escaped him, despite his obvious attempt to hold it in. “You are in the wrong place.”
A fan kicked on somewhere behind him, I heard the whirring of the motor, then got blasted in the face with a whoosh of air as it started circulating.
"Getting mighty hot in here, as summer starts to kick up, more people climb in this place, the hotter it gets." Kenzie gripes as he wipes down the bar. "That fan will help, I hope. Sorry if I caught you off guard there, preacher man."
His words barely penetrated as a scent unlike any other filled my nostrils.Smooth, worn leather mixed with cinnamon, black pepper, and the tiniest hint of clove hit me like a ton of bricks.
Chapter Two
Mate.
My omega sat up, ears pricked forward. I shuffled uncomfortably. What? Mate? A sense of panic overtook any common sense, and I looked around the room, trying to find her. Who was it? How could I even have a mate? I was a male omega.
I couldn't possibly have a mate... right? The universe wouldn't be so unkind to a female as to have her mate with a man who made slick.... right? When arousal hit, I would exude slick from my ass. Most women didn't mind for a onetime thing, but to be fated to one like me? What kind of trick was the universe trying to play? I had long since given up on any hope of such. I couldn't give a woman any pups, and nobody could give me any either -- since I was male.
When I had presented as omega, the first thing to go had been my grand delusions of running a home, having a cabin of my own, and nurturing a family with my fated mate. My parents had told me that every single man in our lineage had been mated to gorgeous women, firmly capable of giving birth to many children. I had been so excited...dreaming grand visions of multiple little pups running around the perfect blend of their mama and me... until....
Mate! Pay attention, more important things.
I didn't see any women over that direction, but the fan could have picked the scent up from anywhere.
"Hey, what is the matter with you?" The deep masculine voice caught my attention, and I shifted my gaze back to Kieran. His dark brown eyes were staring into the depths of my soul, and I felt an uncomfortable tightness against the zipper of my slacks. Not here, not now. I couldn't be attracted to a man. I wasstraight, and now I had a female mate somewhere in this room I needed to find.
She at least needed the option to know who I was, and maybe she would accept me? Sure, the chances were probably incredibly low - but I wouldn't know if I didn't at least try.
"Nothing is wrong, I just... I have to do something." Hopping up from the stool, I step around him. The scent of cloves hung in the air, whispering to my nostrils about the hope of fate giving me what I longed for more than anything. A place to belong. A person to belong too. Part of that was my omega instinct, but part of it was just the man in me wanting home.
"What could you have to do that you didn't have to do a moment ago?" His voice was questioning, and he stepped down behind me.
