Page 95 of His Bonded Omega Mate
Carl jerked. “Hey!”
“Shut up!” Jared snapped at the alpha, a little alpha power leaking out. Carl’s mouth snapped shut.
Jared stood above me menacingly. “Don’t make me get them to hold you again. Open your fucking mouth and swallow this.”
I did as I was told, too worried about how quickly Jared was becoming unhinged. This potion was just as gross tasting as the previous, leaving a burning trail down my throat.
We waited in silence, a clock ticking the only sound.
“Well?” he demanded.
Tate? Can you still hear me? Please don’t leave me!Hiroshi’s mental voice was one of the sweetest things I’d ever heard.
I hear you. I’m never leaving you.
“We can still hear each other,” Hiroshi stated boldly. “It didn’t work. Or maybe better yet, it can’t.”
“What the fuck is going on?” Jared raged.
“I think Tate is also my fated mate now he’s an omega.”
Get Along Cabin
Roan
WhenBlakehadorderedme to go to Abrocaelum, I’d felt the first ever prickle of anger at my alpha and friend. I resented the idea of being sent away like an errant child. Though, when I thought about it, his plan made sense. The only way for Asher to get over this was to actually confront the problem.
Axel had been to the house and explained things to Hiroshi while getting a bag for me. We had no idea how long this would take, so I needed a few days’ worth of clothing. I still called Hiroshi to speak to him as we walked to the permanent portal at the edge of the compound.
Elves on both sides heavily guarded our portal, but the scent of magic was usually enough of a deterrent for curious shifters.
The silence between the three of us as we walked was intense. Mentally, I knew Asher didn’t have a problem with me. Emotionally, I couldn’t help but feel the sting of rejection each time that the lion shifter growled at me or glared.
As our chaperone, Axel walked between us, ensuring a careful distance was maintained. It hurt that this was what we had come to, when at one point Asher was my mate. I really hoped that there was at least a friendship to salvage from this mess.
My nose itched as we got closer. The heavy, cloying feel and scent of elven magic was oppressive, and I had to fight against my need to turn tail and run home.
Asher was clearly used to it and walked calmly towards his current home. Axel showed no outward signs of a problem, aside from that his shoulders were stiff, his mouth a thin line.
Hakeem was waiting just before the portal’s entrance. “I need to perform a new geas on you both,” he said, as he took Asher’s arm and muttered a few words.
“Geas?” I asked as Hakeem motioned for me to come forward.
“It’s a spell that prevents you from shifting. Before, Asher could partially shift, but given what we are attempting here, we do not want injuries from claws, so neither of you will shift at all. Your alters will be there, but you can’t let them out.”
I understood the reasoning behind it, and it was honestly a relief not to have to worry about Asher’s much bigger lion dominating my wolf. In fight training we were equally matched, especially given that I’d had extra training with Deke with all the threats we had been receiving. Asher could always overpower me with his sheer size.
A snarl ripped from Asher as I stumbled into him after passing the threshold of the portal. I held my hands up apologetically. “Sorry!”
Creating a larger distance between us, I circled Hakeem to walk on his other side, now making it so that we had two people between us. I sighed inwardly. It was going to be a long couple of days.
I looked at the bed that I’d just laid my bag on. “This might be a problem.”
Axel chuckled from the doorway. “Yeah, I didn’t think it was this small.”
The bed was maybe a double, so there was no way that I wouldn’t end up accidentally touching Asher as I attempted to sleep. There wasn’t even space for us to build a pillow wall between us.
“So, this... cabin. Is this the supernatural version of the ‘get along shirt’?” I asked Axel.
