Chapter 7

Seven

LIAM

" V anessa wants to join our pack and be our omega," I said, resting on my elbows on the grass outside.

"Oh, does she?" asked Jack, leaning back in his chair as we watched Vanessa, Gabe, and Ryan running wildly for the bright red ball in the backyard. We sat in the backyard, taking in the fresh air and sunset views.

My gaze didn't leave Vanessa's lithe body as she gracefully kicked the ball. She was gorgeous and sensitive despite not wanting to show it.

"She fits in with us," I said, watching Ryan and Jack looking hungrily at her. Ryan was enamored by her and drank every word she said. He was literally her puppy, doing everything she asked. "There's no reason to refuse her from being our omega."

"Do you know how much responsibility an omega is?" countered Jack. "She would need lots of protection, and we would need to support her and any babies she'll give birth to."

"Is she not good enough for you?" I asked.

"Why do you care all of a sudden? You were never this serious about an omega before."

The truth was- I was too wrapped up in my writing, and she blew into my life like a firestorm. Vanessa was everywhere, and I fell prey to her omega magnetic pull.

"We kissed," I said. "It was nothing like I've ever felt before. Her smell. Everything."

"I know what you mean, man," said Jack.

"You kissed her too?" I asked, surprised.

"Right after her bath," said Jack. "My sister would be shocked to death if she knew I finally kissed someone."

"All this time, I thought you were fucking asexual," I joked, punching his arm playfully.

"Ha, very funny," he replied dryly.

We have been good friends since he showed up at the Omega Ball yearly with his sister Jade. I was a bodyguard at the palace then and was assigned to work with Jack on this new secret plant location. I was more than happy to quit my boring guard job, travel frequently, and do what I love.

"I'm guessing your sister still hasn't been matched with a pack yet?"

"No, she hasn't. Her self-confidence is waning even though she makes a damn good nurse," said Jack.

Jade was like my little sister, and I always joked with her at the Omega Ball that she would find her hunky alpha mates one day.

"Well, you might end up lonely for a long time, too, if you're picky," I said while staring at the redheaded beauty in front of us. I wanted Vanessa into our pack. "Do you know anything about Vanessa yet? How she ended up here?"

"No," sighed Jack. "She seemed to have a rough past, from what she told me. And she ran here when she was about to get auctioned off."

"It's odd someone would auction her off," I said. "She intrigues me."

"Don't get obsessed with her," warned Jack. "She's not for us and will never be."

"You never know," I countered.