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“This complicates things,” Jordan said heavily as reality kicked in. He dropped down on the coffee table in front of us so he could face us both.
“I’ve already told him everything. He’s up to date,” I admitted.
Jordan’s eyes widened. “You opened up to him without a fight?”
‘He’s an omega, and he hasn’t lied to me or treated me like less. Ever.”
Felix’s temper flared at my words and he leaned in, snapping him out of his shocked trance as he gave Jordan the full brunt of his indignant fury.
“Why are you allowing anyone to talk to our mate like that? The things she told me? I’m ready to go punch that alpha in the face myself. Yet you, another Alpha, didn’t feel the need to step in to stop this? To make sure she knew how you felt and weren’t going to cast her aside like trash because he was too stubborn to care about anyone but himself?”
“You have no idea what you’re saying. It’s not like that.” Jordan was way too defensive. It was a clear sign he’d already been feeling guilty over this.
“It looks that simple to me,” Felix said, raising an eyebrow and crossing his arms. “Please, enlighten me. Tell me why it’s so hard for you to do what’s right.”
I swallowed hard and I wanted to stop him, but part of me was ready to hear this answer myself. Jordan needed to tell me why I wasn’t worth fighting for. How could I move on or accept it if he wasn’t going to be up front about how he felt?
“It’s not that you weren’t worth fighting for,” he said, rubbing a hand over his eyebrow like a headache was starting to form.“There’s just so much history with Easton. There’s so much shit we’ve all survived together that cutting him out feels like cutting off a limb. At first, we thought that it would be better for you if you didn’t have us in your life. We were all a mess, barely able to live without the rigid schedule we were used to, and a past that liked to haunt us. Then we started to get to know you and things are changing. Theo and I are fighting his stupid ‘keeping our distance’ rules, but he’s…”
Stubborn. An asshole?
“Is that what the yelling was about?” I questioned.
“Mostly,” he agreed, flexing his fingers. They were bruised and bloody. I had a feeling that Easton would be sporting a new black eye. Honestly, I was a little surprised that Jordan wasn’t if that was the case.
“I think you got through to him tonight, but there’s still so much of him that’s afraid to let you in. In all our years together he’s never let a single person get close.”
“Escaped what?” Felix asked.
“None of us came from a good neighborhood. Theo was dismissed, treated like a servant and abused if he did any slight wrong or if they even assumed he did. My parents were addicts. They didn’t give a fuck about anything except their next high. But Easton still had it the worst. He had a single mom, and you can imagine the company she kept to support her drug and alcohol habits.”
My stomach dropped as he went into detail about some of the horrors they’d all lived through. Felix’s fingers found mine, wrapping around them in silent support.
“That’s terrible, and I understand that it would be hard to let people in. Maybe it’s not my place to say since my parents were nothing like that, but when you want a better life?—”
“I do, more than anything,” Jordan rushed in to say. The conviction in his tone brought fresh tears to my eyes. “I wantyou, Tori. At first, it seemed like we all wanted to keep things unsaid. You seemed so fragile and scared and it was just easier to focus on your safety. But something’s changed in you and I was too blind to see it.”
“I’ve changed,” I said. “I’ve been surrounded by all these people that are supposed to be my mates, and Felix was honestly the only one I didn’t want to push away. He was safe because he’s an omega, but more than that, I knew he wasn’t going to intimidate me or use me, he gave me space. He gave me the space to be myself and it felt good… freeing.”
“He made it easier for you to let us in,” Jordan said in a quiet whisper. “Maybe that’s why I’m not freaking out about finding a second mate right now. How is this evening going to work with two omegas?”
“Two omegas that are together,” Felix corrected. “Why does everyone assume omegas are going to get territorial of their fated mates? We were put together for a reason. She and I will have a relationship just like you two will and we will. It may take some communication, which I know seems to be hard for you guys,” Felix said drily. “But if we want it to work, it will.”
Jordan’s jaw tensed as his phone buzzed in his pocket.
“Don’t go back,” I pleaded. “They know where you are.”
‘I need you,’ was left unsaid.
His stormy, gray eyes met mine before flickering to Felix. There was hesitance at first, but then acceptance and something that looked like hope. It may be fragile and new, but it was there.
“Okay,” he said, tossing his phone on the coffee table.
“Then stop sitting there like a statue and join us,” Felix challenged. “We don’t bite unless you’re into that sort of thing.”
A soft smile drifted across Jordan’s stoic face, and he shook his head. “I’m in trouble, aren’t I?”
Felix stifled a laugh. “Oh, definitely. But you’re also a lucky bastard, our mate is forgiving.”
