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“I’m not lying. Besides, what does it matter? Those pills can’t be the reason for my agonizing cramps. Plenty of women take them. I’ve never heard anyone having symptoms like mine.”
“That’s because they’ve not taken them to stop their awakening,” Dr. Lawson says in a stern voice.
“I’m telling you. I’ve never touched those pills in my life.”
She’s silent for a while. “What about your parents? Have they ever given you any meds?”
A choke stabs me the moment I think of Mom and Dad. They should be here with me, explaining to the doc that I’ve never taken these stupid pills, that the only meds I’ve ever consumed were the vitamin pills Mom made me take every morning.
A bulb lights up in my mind.
“Could this be the effect of the vitamin pills my mom used to give me?” I ask her.
Dr. Lawson quirks a brow. “Vitamin pills?” She exhales a long breath as if she’s trying to control her frustration. “Tell me, Miss Collins. Have you stopped taking these vitamin pills in recent days?” She air-quotes “vitamin pills” with her fingers.
I almost snap at her for mocking me. It’s her question that stops me. “I stopped taking the pills for a week or so,” I say, thinking about the days I’ve been with the Solveig Pack.
“Your mother gave them to you?”
I nod.
A pitying look comes over her. “I’m so sorry, Miss Collins.”
“It’s okay,” I say, feeling confused. “They were just vitamin pills. My mom always insisted I take them but I never thought they’d affect me this way.”
“They were not vitamin pills,” she says, exhaling a long breath. “You’re an omega, Miss Collins. The meds your mother gave you suppressed your awakening as well as masked your true nature. Your body started changing the moment you stopped taking them.”
“My body is changing?”
She gives a grim nod. “You’re close to your awakening. Since you were due at least three years ago, your changing hormones have gone haywire. That’s the reason behind those awful cramps you experienced.”
Dr. Lawson’s words knock the air out of my lungs.
I’m an omega?
My mom gave me pills that suppressed my nature?
But why?
“Miss Collins?” I feel her hand on my arm. “Are you okay?”
I shake my head. “Why would she do that to me?” I whisper in a choked voice.
That awful pitying look is back on her face. “She might’ve been trying to protect you.”
“Protect me?” I scoff. “My elder sister’s an omega and she always got the best of everything. Mom is proud of her. She’s the one everyone protects. Why didn’t I get the same treatment if I was an omega too?”
She stays silent.
Every bad thought since my parents abandoned me rise to the surface of my mind.
Maybe Iwasadopted.
There’s no other explanation for my parents’ behavior.
They didn’t want me stealing attention from their one and only daughter. That’s why they made sure I never awakened as an omega.
“Your friend is waiting outside,” says Dr. Lawson. “Would you like to see him?”
