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“Whatever it is, Tori, I know you’re strong, and if you need me, I’m a phone call away,” he promised in a calming voice. His sea salt and sandalwood scent wafted over me, and I breathed it in, committing it to memory.
When I opened my eyes, he was already walking away, though his steps were slow, like he was forcing himself to leave.
“He’ll be okay,” Felix promised as he pulled me inside, locking the door behind us. “What’s going on, Tori?”
One look into his soft hazel eyes and the sweet scent of his oranges, vanilla, and cream was all it took for me to break down.
I told Felix everything. In a way, I was trauma dumping, but I desperately needed all the vulnerability out at once.
He didn’t say a word as I told him about my dad, William, the creepy notes and flower petals, the confrontation tonight, Easton’s reaction to me, the confusing back and forth between Easton and Jordan, my hesitation with Warren, and the guilt that consumed me because of it.
When I finished speaking, my throat was raw, and my tears had dried. I started to sag but Felix was there to catch me. He gently guided me to the sofa.
As an omega himself, he easily started tucking me into all the soft things I had around, from pillows to fluffy blankets, even going as far as kicking on the small heater in the room.
Even with all of this surrounding me, and him, it wasn’t what I wanted. My nest would be my first choice but I couldn’t make myself go in there. It didn’t smell like any of my mates.
Because even though my heart was shattered and I knew they didn’t want me… my omega still couldn’t find peace without them.
“Everything will work out, Tori. It has to. This is fate.”
There was enough conviction in his tone that I clung to his optimism. I tried to believe it with everything I had in me. It was the only way to get through this.
He let out a sad sigh before going to my kitchen. He was in there long enough that I started to worry. Until the rich scent of cocoa filled the air.
He wasn’t offering me a bunch of false promises or telling me he was going to fix it. He simply had faith that things would work out.
Instead, he was doing everything he could to make me comfortable. Was this what it felt like to be taken care of? Someone to exist with you so you didn’t have to feel so alone?
The voices picked up next door before a door slammed. Felix and I shared a look and he moved to the door, standing vigil since someone was stomping our way.
We waited for the knock but it never came. Finally, there was a soft thud and Jordan’s soft voice drifted through the thick wood.
“Tori, please let me in. I just need to see that you’re okay.”
Felix looked at me, mouthing the word so Jordan couldn’t hear them.
“Do you want me to tell him you’re asleep?”
“No,” because apparently, I was a masochist. I wanted to know if they were rejecting me, if they were giving in to Easton’s demands. More than that, I was curious about how things were going to play out. “Let him in.”
Felix studied me for a second like he wanted to argue but eventually turned and pulled the door open, stepping out of the way so Jordan could storm past.
He didn’t give him a second look until he was a few steps away and they both froze.
“Wait,” Felix said, breathing in deeply. He turned toward me as his mouth fell open in shock.
Jordan was so thrown off that he didn’t even bother to close the door. It wasn’t until I heard Easton’s voice raise that he snapped out of it, locking the door behind him and looking from Felix to me.
“Two mates...” he breathed out the words in a soft, reverent voice. It seemed almost lighter than his usual tone, lacking the gravel that he usually had.
“Well, this is unexpected,” Felix said, letting out a heavy breath and coming to my side. I lifted the blanket so he could snuggle in next to me. His hand twisted in the edge of the blanket and I knew he was worried about what that could mean for us all.
“You guys are mates?”
“I don’t know how I missed it. We were all at the flower shop… maybe all of the floral scents mixing in masked it,” Felix said more to himself than me. I never even stopped to consider the fact that Felix was an omega like me, that he would need an alpha just the same as I would.
It was rare to have two omegas in one group. I guess I always assumed Warren was his alpha. Maybe it was stupid to think platonic alphas could be a thing.
