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“Don’t go there. She told me that she had some bad experiences with alphas, Warren. She looked scared as she spoke, something happened to our mate, Warren. I truly don’t think it’s you.”
“Fuck,” he cursed, rubbing at his chest absently. “Somehow that’s even worse.”
We both fell silent as we thought it over and my phone dinged in my pocket. My heart rate spiked at Tori’s name on my screen.
It was so surreal knowing the depths of Warren’s anguish over this omega, and mixing it with my own easy encounter with her.
Tori had as many layers as we did and I knew in my soul this was meant to be. Warren was my favorite person in this world and I knew if she gave him a chance, she’d see it, too.
Tori: Sorry for running… I just. Fuck, I don’t know how to say it.
My chest ached for my mate and I knew I had to be up front.
Felix: I hope this doesn’t ruin my own chances, but Warren and I are brothers. Not by blood but we shared a foster home. He’s my person, Tori.
The bubbles popped up and disappeared so many times that bile was rising in my throat. Warren was shifting uncomfortablynext to me and I was gripping my phone tight enough my knuckles were turning white.
Finally her answer came through and I felt all my hopes shatter into a million tiny pieces.
Tori: I’m sorry, Felix. I can’t be what you guys need.
Not able to put it into words, I handed my phone over to Warren before I got up and stalked across my apartment to my room and closed the door behind me.
The walk-in was converted into my nest and I tucked myself into the corner of the cozy space, wrapping my favorite blanket around myself and hugging my stuffed otter to my chest.
It was the only thing I still had from my childhood and it had seen more tears than it should.
Yet, here I was adding a few more. I snuggled into the well-loved stuffed animal and cried.
Today had been a roller coaster and I didn’t have it in me to fight the feelings overwhelming me.
Tomorrow, I’d try again, figure out how to move forward and talk to her.
Warren walked in and found me, sliding down to the floor and tucking me into his side. He didn’t offer words, he didn’t have to, our pain was now a shared one.
His hand found mine and he held on. He’d never been scared of sharing touches and hugs, even if they were strictly platonic between us. I wish she could see that he wasn’t like the other alphas she’d encountered.
“We’ll figure it out,” he said gently. “Fate doesn’t miss.”
“Omegas still have the right to reject their mates,” I said miserably. “Fate can’t always be right.”
“Give her time,” he repeated the words I’d said to him plenty of times. “We live in the same town as her. I won’t have to seek her out, she’ll end up running into us anyway. We’ll become a part of this town she finds safe and hopefully our chances will change.”
“Is that patience I hear?” I teased. Warren wasn’t the patient type, he went into everything with more than a little enthusiasm.
“My omega doesn’t need me to go all in just yet,” he said with a sigh. “Life is about adapting and it seems we need to pivot again.”
“That’s what we do,” I said with a solemn nod. We did it when he was kicked out and my parents took him in.
Again when he needed to be on his own at eighteen and I’d followed. We had jobs and a meager savings and we managed to make it for a while.
Then when Warren lost his job, we moved and tried again.
All of our lives we’d been hit with obstacles and made it out on top. This wouldn’t be any different.
We’d survive, that’s what we did.
“So, what’s the plan?”
