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That’s when I finally noticed it – the scent of sweet oranges wrapping around me. It overpowered the vanilla, but the sandalwood tickled my nose, pleasant and deep enough I could feel the weight of it settle on my eyelids, making them feel heavy.
A second later, green apples and cedar with a tiny hint of moss mixed with Liam’s.
They complemented each other so well instead of clashing like they probably should, considering how different they were, but I liked the depth and complexity. I liked the weight of it against my chest, pressing down like it was going to suffocate me, but with their pheromones wrapped around me it felt easier to breathe.
“There you go,” Liam murmured, his hand settling on my waist. “Just keep breathing. We’ll figure this out and you’ll be okay.”
Would I?
He slid his hand around to my lower back and pulled me closer. I watched him drape my other arm around his neck, eyes on mine the whole time, gauging my reaction to each and every shift and change.
“What do you need, Lucy?” Liam repeated, the words soft against my skin as he leaned back, effortlessly pulling me into his lap.
My legs draped over his thigh before I knew it and my arms were all the way around his neck. He was so fucking big, surrounding me with that strong body of his. Where he wasn’t touching me, I could feel the scorching heat coming off of Cassius.
“I don’t know what I need,” I admitted, giving in to the need to hold on tight to someone. “I don’t even know what’s wrong with me.”
“We should take her to the hospital,” Cassius muttered.
“There isn’t an omega-exclusive hospital close enough and I’m not taking her to one crawling with alphas with her scent this strong.”
Liam’s deep growl made me remember I was alone with two unfamiliar alphas, and I had no idea where Frankie was.
“I don’t need a hospital.” I rested my head on Liam’s shoulder, so I didn’t have to see just how fucking intense he looked. “I’ll be fine as soon as Frankie comes back.”
“What does she do for you when this happens?” Liam asked as he held me.
She did exactly what he was doing, wrapping her citrusy scent around me as she held me close enough my heart started beating in time with hers…
Maybe it wasn’t my heat, but a stress cold. That was totally possible, right? It was statistically more likely than going into heat so suddenly.
Even if it was the first time I was reacting to an alpha’s pheromones.
This was just me being completely blindsided by the intensity of their scent. I had a sensitive nose, and this reaction wasn’t unusual for normal omegas, but I’d never been this sensitive before…
I’d never been this fragile.
My heart started racing again and it made me so dizzy I nearly threw up from the sensation of the room spinning around and around.
God, I couldn’t do this today. I couldn’t afford to let this happen.
I needed to go somewhere safe, but nowhere was safe. I’d never had a nest…I was completely useless as an omega.
“There’s no point going to a hospital. They’ll just tell me I’m defective – poking and prodding and touching.” Instead of trying to run and hide like I normally would, I held him tight, turning my head to press my face into his neck. “They always look at me like I’m disgusting…useless. Please don’t take me there.”
Liam’s growl was nearly subsonic and for whatever stupid fucking reason, I tensed, holding on tighter instead of running away like I definitely should have.
“You’re not defective, Lucy.”
“I am,” I whispered, breathing in that citrusy scent before I started to panic all over again. “The omega specialist told me so. She said…”
What the fuck was I doing, spilling all my secrets to him?
“What did she say?”
It was Cassius who asked that question as he settled his hand on my thigh.
That scorching heat of his seeped into my flesh and my body relaxed just a little even though I knew this was bad. Either one of them could end up being the murderer. On top of that, Liam Valor was a fucking client. How was I supposed to come back from this?
