The Stained Omega by Elle T Jefferson

Oh, and Eva?

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The sounds of metal on metal has me sitting up in my little bed, I’ve been down here since Cas brought me back. I don’t really know what happened, I woke up as Cas was driving down the highway, he told me I had done well and I remember I beamed with pride at his praise.

“Let’s go, Eva.” James is standing at the entrance of my cell, the last time I saw him he was buck naked. Now he’s wearing jeans, a plain black t-shirt and heavy boots.

“Where am I going?” I ask him without moving from my spot on the bed.

“Alpha Fraction wants to see you, can’t keep you down here forever.” I look at the wall remembering the other woman down here.

“What about her?” I ask, nodding my head in the direction the voice came from.

“I’d be worried about you, pup.” I gulp loudly before standing from the bed, I’m still in the joggers and t-shirt I wore in the forest. James scrunches up his nose when I walk past him, I guess I smell a little ripe.

“I’m sorry you know,” I tell James as he closes my cell, “that day in the mating room. I was only doing what I was told, I’m sorry I put you in that situation.” James just nods at me, he doesn’t walk ahead of me, instead he waits for me to start walking before walking behind me.

Once we are in the basement my stomach starts to growl as the smell of

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to the basement opens the kitchen goes so silent that I can actually hear the water bubbling in the pan

following behind me, I don’t hear anyone say anything in response so I guess they are all just staring

my face as I walk along the hall, I’m trying really hard not to cry. I understand their anger but it doesn’t

boots, “fine. You stole their Alpha and Luna’s pup, in the process Momma Beth was killed. They don’t hate you, they are angry at you, those kinds of things don’t just get forgiven just because you’re a pup.” James reaches around me and opens the door to the office, “now buck up.” I flick my eyes up to him and see a small smile on his lips, it’s only now in the light of the hall that I notice the fresh bite mark on his

stack of yellow papers when I get into the office. He looks better than he did the last time I saw him but he has this sadness hanging around him that I can only associate with death, it’s like a blanket he’s cloaking himself in. James closes the office door and Fraction doesn’t even look up, too engrossed in what he’s reading. James nudges my shoulder and I go to take a seat in one of

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for you.” Fraction holds out an envelope and once I realise he means me I lean over the desk and take it from him with a shaky hand. When I don’t open it Fraction puts down the papers before looking at me, “open it Eva.” I flick my eyes to the side and see James sitting in the other other chair with a small smile on his lips while he looks at Fraction. I can’t stop my hand from shaking as I slowly peel the envelope open,

ask, my

I can’t stop my eyes from widening, why would he get me an apartment unless he planned on letting me go. It’s not a thought I have even entertained, “the card is for the bank account I paid all of your babysitting money into. You amas sed a decent amount, not a lot though. You will need to get a job as soon as you can.” I expect Fraction to say more

say while standing from the chair, clearly I’ve been dismissed and I’m not

banished from this Pack, if another Pack takes you in you must disclose what you did. If I find out you didn’t, then I will.” He’s not banishing me from all Packs but he’s making sure no one will ever take me in, I feel my shoulders drop as the reality of my situation sets in. “As a female my

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