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"And if she is born Alpha, Thane? Then what? Problem solved? She will grow up with the same mindset you have, that Omegas are beneath her. That I am beneath her," I tell him.

"I don't understand what it is you're asking of me?"

"I don't want to be your Omega, Thane. I also don't want to be an Alpha. No titles. I want family, everyone equal, everyone heard, everyone loved. I want this city to be safe for her no matter her status."

"You want me to change the laws everyone has lived by since forever?"

"No, you can change them in this city, but in the rest of the world that will take time. Make this city a safe haven for Omegas. You have the power to do that. You're the ranking Alpha here; you have a say in what laws are made because you help make them."

"What's the point of changing the laws here if they won't change everywhere else, Harlow? It will just cause an uproar."

"Exactly! We’d be setting an example. A foundation for change. That is what your mother wanted. I have spent the last few weeks reading up on everything your mother did, and you know what she lacked? Her Alphas. Omegas are seen as property, yet your fathers never fought for their so-called property when she took on the councils; when she tried to open the very same facility that you are building in her honor."

"No, she was equal to them. They gave her their serum."

"Equal only in the sense that she couldn't be commanded by them. That is all the serum does. If she was really their equal, she wouldn't have needed that serum because they would never have attempted to command her in the first place. My guess is the reason they gave her the serum was the same reason you gave me yours. Because they fucked up and needed to earn her trust. And if that is the case, then it is the same reason why I haven't taken it; I shouldn't have to. I want to be equal to you because you see me as equal, not on the false pretense of being equal under a serum I shouldn't need if you loved me."

"That's why you haven't taken it, not just because of our daughter?" he asks.

"I need to know I can trust you. The serum stops you from commanding me. It doesn't stop you from controlling me, though. There is nothing stopping you from dragging me back down to that Den; the only difference would be you couldn't command me down there. You'd have to drag me."

"So that's all you want?"

"Yes. And I want the begging and pleading you offered. I am enjoying seeing you on your knees. You may beg for my forgiveness now." I laugh when Thane raises an eyebrow at me.

"I've never had to beg before," he mumbles.

"Well, it will be a humbling experience for you then, so hop to it; I'm waiting," I chuckle, smiling down at him.

"I feel like I am getting the short stick here. I'm the only one being forced to do anything. If I am going to humiliate myself, I want to know what I am going to get out of it," he says, rubbing my thighs.

"A family. If you keep your word," I tell him.

"And if I don't keep my word?"

"Then you better get used to being on your knees because you'll have a lot of begging to do."

Thane laughs and kisses my belly.

Chapter Ninety-Eight

~Rhen~

"Thane, let me help, at least; I'm not that bad at cooking," I hear Harlow tell Thane as I walk into the foyer. Raidon gives me a look, hearing them. They aren't arguing, and they are in the same room together without being at each other's throats. Walking into the hall, I hear Thane huff. He has this pained look on his face.

"Harlow, please let me do it. You can watch."

Oh, god, please say yes, I think to myself. That woman could burn water.

"My cooking isn't that terrible, and you…"

Thane raises an eyebrow at her. I stifle my laugh as I watch them quietly. Raidon and I had raced here the moment we felt her pain, but seeing them now, Thane is taking care of her, and they seem to be getting along.

"You ate the spaghetti I made," she huffs. He grabs her hips, setting her on the countertop.

"A+ for effort, but you can't cook to save your life. I can't stand eating your cooking anymore. I don't think my stomach can take it. But if you insist, I will suffer in silence until it kills me," he laughs.

"Well, it wouldn't be suffering in silence now that you told me," she says, shoving him away.