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Chapter Two
The silence made her nervous, but she remained quiet as the video finished. Grey and Derrik were furious. They had dated women before the pack was created around Leon, but James and Leon had to explain the structure of relationships to her, and after that night, she had done her own research. It wasn’t normal, but avoiding official attention was everything to her.
She sat with her hands on her lap, and when four shocked faces looked at her. She wrinkled her nose. “It was his action, but my processing made it an issue when I didn’t report it. And it repeated, but it wasn’t as bad as the first time.”
James whispered, “When was the last time?”
“Three months ago. I took on projects and contracts with a lot of overtime and very late nights. His dad told him to lay off me until the contracts were completed.” She shuddered. “That was last night. This mess has saved me more pain and humiliation.”
Grey looked at her. “I thought you could...”
“I can, but I have been staying out of the light for so long that it is second nature to just huddle in the shadows. The next time he comes for me, he loses his ability to get a hardon.”
Derrik sighed. “Fine, you get the first crack at him. Anything left over goes to me.”
She nodded. “Yes, Uncle.”
Leon looked at her. “Did you get a pregnancy test?”
“Uncle, unless I have been grossly misinformed, you can’t get pregnant rectally.” She smiled. “Well, you can. But I can’t.”
Leon didn’t smile. He and the others were outraged all over.
Mr. Kensington rapped on the table. “You are angry, you are outraged, and your niece has a literal turn of mind. Why is that?”
Leon froze.
Ruby asked, “Why do you need to know, Mr. Kensington?”
Mr. Kensington cocked his head. “Because I need to know who I am working for. If there is something in your past that affects the way you think, the way you react, and the fact that you have unusual reactions to stimuli.”
Ruby looked at her uncles, and Leon said, “It’s your story.”
Ruby sighed and looked at what seemed to be a criminal lawyer. “When I turned eleven, not only did puberty start, but my hair and eyes bleached out. The Elite team that showed up at my school was polite, but when I told them to fuck themselves, one of them placed his hand on my head and told me that I would be obedient to authority. Like that movie but not quite the same. When I am given an order, I literally stop thinking. It is fucking annoying.”
She drew in a deep breath. “Anyway. They had to get my parents’ permission, so I told my mom what was going on, and she shoved me in the car, made a call to Leon, and hit the gas. We only stopped for gas, and I even drove for a few hours while my mom slept. Then we made it to the city, and the feeling of being chased continued. So, I had Mom drive to the park, and Uncle Leon was there waiting for us. I took all the nervous energy and put it in the ground with the online image of the city map in my head. I put that energy into the ground, and then, suddenly, I could relax.”
She slowly morphed into her actual shape. “So, I learned how to look normal, but this is what I look like when I sleep. No, Tanner never saw me like this. I never relaxed around him.”
Mr. Kensington stared at her, and there was a slow smile on his lips. “That explains quite a bit.”
James nodded. “She’s an omega.”
Mr. Kensington shook his head. “No, she’s an Elite omega.”
She frowned. “A what?”
“You are an example of what those women could become if they were allowed to mature without interference.”
She got suspicious. “How do you know all that?”
He sat still but grew several inches, skin that was black with silver highlights, dark pewter eyes, and white hair that was bound in a tight braid. “Hello, Ruby.”
“Hello, Mr. Kensington.”
He smiled. “I know someone who can remove that block if you would like to curse me out for surprising you.”
She glanced at her uncles, and they were sitting there with mouths agape. “I am not as surprised as I should be. When you tapped my hand, I felt something strange.”
