Page 110 of Carmichael's Omega

"You cheating on my brother,puta?" Nico snarls.

"Don't call my sister that," Mattie snaps. He tries to move me behind him, but I use the doorframe to keep my body between the two males. I don't know what Nico is capable of. I forgot, somehow, how scary the Reyes males are when they loathe you.

"Your sister is-" Nico cuts off his next words. We all go quiet. I hold my breath, taking in the confusion and dawning comprehension on Nico's face as he inhales the scent of Carmichael all over both my brother and me.

Carmichael's brother looks ravaged. A deep, old pain, as well as this new one. There are tight lines around his mouth and dark circles under his eyes. He's young. He can't be older than me, but at the same time, he looks so aged.

Dark eyes flash with violence. His brother's lover is a dreaded omega. Two omega lovers, I correct myself silently. Don't forget that Mattie is one, too.

A cruel smirk crawls over Nico's face. He steps closer, crowding us back into the bedroom. "He's fucking twins, ey? Lucky," he breathes. He reaches out and strokes my cheek with one finger. "I can't even blame him. Look at you two. It's a fucking fantasy come to life."

"Get away from her!" Mattie sounds as panicked as I feel, but at least he can speak. My breath is gone, and my tongue has failed me completely.

"You, too,Chulo," Nico sneers, his eyes wandering over my brother. His hands come up and take the towel away from my numb fingers, leaving me only wearing my sticky panties. He takes another step, and we echo it, entering a dance of feint and dodge as Carmichael's brother stalks us across the room.

"Please don't touch me," I whisper. My eyes dart past Nico's shoulder. My insides are icing up. Mattie pushes me to the side. I look out of the door again. My wolf is cowering, remembering all those times high-ranking wolves just wouldn't listen. Teague... Teague kept them away once he realized how tempting an unMarked omega is. No one messes with Teague. No one messes with Carmichael, either, but he's not here, and this is his little brother.

Oh, Goddess, did Mattie deal with all this too? And I never knew...

"Carmichael won’t like this," I whisper. It's so faint that I don't think Nico can hear me, but he stops advancing on Mattie.

"Mi Hermanowill find another slut,Bella,”Nico snaps.

"No. It’s not… it’s special," I beg.

He frowns, almost pityingly. "No," he murmurs. "Carmichael doesn't do exclusive,Bella," he takes a step toward me.

I don't see her coming. She's just there. A dark blur. She didn't even shift, just attacked with feet and hands.

Nico coughs as she catches him with a punch to his solar plexus. She's fast, as fast I remember Teague being.

"Alize," I gasp out her name as Nico crumples to the floor. She's talking to him in a language I don't understand, but I know she's cursing. The sounds are harsh; she's spitting on the male she's put on the floor.

Nico screams, the sound echoing through the small room. Carmichael is there a moment later, his blue eyes nearly white from rage. Rique follows a moment later, his face equally terrifying.

There's a beat, one thud of my racing heart, then the next.

Rique grabs Alize away from Nico. The male looks straight at me through a bloody nose and an eye that is already swelling. The look is an intense fury that sends me stumbling backward with Mattie.

"Cassidy, did he hurt you? Mattie?"

It takes another two heartbeats for the words to register. Yet another to see that Carmichael is the one asking. His calloused hand strokes my cheek as he pulls me close to his chest. His other hand is entwined with Mattie's trembling one.

"Carm..." Nico croaks from the floor.

"No, Nico," he turns, growling. Fur sprouts on his arms, the back of his hands. Canines drip from his mouth, sharp and white, a pure threat written in the powerful lines in his body. "Did you touch my mates?"

Nico sucks in a breath. "Diosa, Carm.No mames. This is...chale...Carm."

Carmichael takes another step, snarling. "Did you touch them?" he roars. He lunges for his brother. Nico scrambles backward, fear written on his face. Rique jumps between them, taking the hit meant for Nico.

Alize, free of Rique, resumes beating the young male.

I find my voice. "Stop!" I scream.

Everyone freezes. I reach my hand out toward my mate. "Carmichael," I plead without words.

He crosses back to us and gathers Mattie and me in his arms again. Rique grabs Alize as the female hisses toward Nico, "don't touch my luna, mutt."

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