Page 52 of His Bonded Omega Mate
“What about my job?”
“Well, you can’t be an enforcer anymore. Too dangerous, especially if you’re carrying my cub.”
His cub. Not our. Was I already just an incubator to him?
“Ash, you need to slow down. I’m probably not pregnant.” I tried to pull away, the conversation making me uncomfortable.
“Are you hoping that you aren’t?” There was a darkness in his tone that I didn’t like.
“No, I’m just struggling to adapt. The last month has been a lot with all of us bonding. Yesterday we had three mates, well sort of, but the marks were still there. Now I have two. You just one.”
“Oh.” He was silent for a minute. “So it’s Roan then?” His fingers flexed against my side, where he had me locked against his body. “He’s the reason you don’t want to have my baby, isn’t he? You want it to be his, but he’s already mated. Do you want him to bite you again, or will any alpha do it for you?” The grip got tighter to the point it was hurting. Claws pricked my flesh. Rivulets of blood running down my side. “Should I just find another one to bite you? I won’t let them fuck you. I’d put him in the ground before I allowed that to happen.” He said the last with another terrifying snarl. Holy fuck, I needed away.
Hiro? Get some help. I think Asher is about to lose it. Get Roan out of the house.
Tate? Are you okay?
I’m going to get out of this room. Just be ready to run.
“N… No,” I stammered. “Just you. You’re my only alpha.”
“Good. I will not share you. Even with Hiro. We’re going to have to move.”
What I said next, I would regret for the rest of my life.
“I can’t leave them. Hiroshi is my mate, too. We need to be together.” I wriggled free of his hold to look him in the face.
“Then he needs to leave Roan. I won’t have you around another alpha you’ve fucked.” He almost sounded like he was being reasonable. Probably why I continued to dig a hole for myself.
“But Hiro can’t leave Roan. They’re fated,” I said simply.
“Then you need to choose. Them or me.”
“Ash, it’s not that simple. I’m only mated to you and Hiroshi. You can’t ask me to choose.”
“I can. You need to answer me.”
I got up from the bed and backed up towards the door.
“Asher, this isn’t right. You aren’t being fair.”
He stood and started a slow approach. I squirmed through the ajar door into the hallway. “So that’s how it is.”
My raven pushed the change on me. Within a blink, I was airborne in feathers. Asher’s lion snapped his massive jaws at me as I cawed in fear.
“Tate!” I heard Hiroshi shout from outside. He’d left the door open in his hurry to get out of the house. He and Roan were standing huddled together. It looked like Roan was holding Hiroshi back from running to me.
Stay back!
Asher lunged at me again, missing me as my raven cleared the house and flew higher.
He caught sight of Roan with Hiro and barreled towards him. They both shifted seamlessly, a massive tiger next to a charcoal wolf.
The lion dismissed the tiger, going for the wolf, snapping enormous jaws of sharp teeth at him. They circled each other, Asher trying to get close enough to use those sharp claws on Roan. The wolf was keeping him at bay until he stumbled.
Asher shoved Roan to the ground, teeth just missing his neck. Roan scrambled, his paws cutting into Asher, making him roar.
They were a tumble of limbs and fur. I heard Roan bark in pain. Hiroshi darted in to help his mate.
