Page 135 of Alpha’s Possession

“Fuck the rest of the world; I don’t care about them. I only care about you and our daughter,” he tells me.

“It changes nothing, though. The entire Omega system is wrong. That’s my point, not that I hate being Omega. Well, I do. But I see why we are necessary to Alphas.”

“Well, what do you want then? I can’t win with you. You wanted space; I gave you that. You wanted me to sign you over to Leon. I did that. I sleep in the Den because you told me to! I don’t know how else to make up for what I did up to you!” he growls.

“You could apologize! Let’s start with that!” I snap at him.

“I did apologize!”

“No, you acknowledged you were wrong. Big difference.”

“It’s the same thing,” he says, and I turn around to face him.

“Are you being serious right now?” I ask him.

Thane blinks at me before reaching for my shirt and peeling it off while I scramble to try to keep it. Thane tosses it out the shower door, ignoring me, slapping my hands away as he undoes my bra and the button on my jeans.

“Thane!” I snap at him as he undoes the zipper.

“I’m helping you,” he retorts, jerking his hands away. I growl at him, removing my own damn pants while he rids himself of his shirt.

“Fine. I am sorry,” he says like a sulking child being forced to apologize to a sibling.

I press my lips in a line and shake my head. “Just get out!” I tell him, reaching for the controls to turn the heat up more.

Chapter Ninety-Seven

~Harlow~

"I apologized, didn't I? You said apologize. What else do you want me to do, get on my damn hands and knees and beg you to forgive me?"

“Well, that wouldn't hurt," I snap back at him sarcastically, and he suddenly drops to his knees. I blink at him as he stares at my huge belly. Any lower, and he will disappear under it, just like my damn vagina, which I haven't seen in two weeks.

Thane stares at my stomach and the stretch marks that now lace my skin. As if seeing how huge I am now really makes him see exactly what my body contains. Ten little fingers, ten little toes, and one beating heart that he helped make. His feelings through the bond tell me he wants to touch it, feel her move. His apology is long forgotten, mesmerized as he watches my belly ripple as she moves inside me.

His hands move to my hips before running up and across my belly. He rests his hands on the sides of my belly, and her movements stop for a second before it feels like she rolls, my belly moving in a wave beneath his hands, and he smiles, glancing up at me.

Thane leans forward on his knees, pressing his lips against my belly before resting his ear against it. He exhales, and I brush my fingers through his hair. He turns his face into my palm, kissing it.

"Don't cut me out of her life, Harlow," Thane whispers.

"I was never going to cut you from her life, only mine."

"I don't want to be cut from yours either."

"Then prove to me you are worth keeping in it. I am sick and tired of living up to everyone else's expectations, when no one bothers to try to live up to mine," I tell him, and he looks up at me.

"And what do you expect of us?"

"I expect you to listen, to stand behind me because the only damn thing that ever has is my shadow. And I am tired of running; I am tired of fighting to be heard. I want to be seen as more than just an Omega. I expect you to let me be Harlow, expect you to let me make my own decisions. That is all I expect of you."

"You want to make all the decisions?" he asks, and I sigh before shaking my head.

"Not all. I just want to be included in them, especially when they affect me. I am sick of being told to sit and obey, to be seen and not heard. You own this city. You have the power to change things, not just for me, but for her," I tell him, running my hands over my belly.

"We are not objects; we bleed and hurt like everyone else. But we are taught to never show our pain because we are taught to expect it. I don't want her to grow up knowing her worth is dependent on her Omega score. I want our daughter to grow up with a voice, and I want her fathers in her corner when she uses it because that's where I'll be."

"She won't have to worry about that. You have the serum."