Chapter 7
Rugby came to me easily. I ate, breathed, and played rugby. From the moment I got onto the field and played my first rugby game. Nothing had ever felt so right. But academics? No, I didn’t get that same feeling.
It frustrated me, making me want to take the textbook and throw it out a damn window. Still, I feel like I am making some headway with this subject when I am hit by this sweet scent.
What the hell?
I push my chair away from the desk so fast that I nearly topple backward. The scent is overwhelming, filling my nostrils and making it so it’s almost like I
can taste it.
“Rain, are you coming down for dinner after you finish studying?” one of my sisters calls out, knocking loudly at my door.
My mouth is open but nothing comes out. She knocks louder, the sound making my head pound.
“Rain, hello?”
“No!” I shouted, finally finding my voice. “Just tell Mom and Dad I’m not coming down. I need to study.”
But studying was the farthest thing from my mind. I could only think of following that scent and trying to discover what and who it was.
For a moment I forced myself to think logically. The scent had to be one of an omega and the main reason I was smelling it was because of someone’s coming-of-age ceremony.
Oh no. No, no, no. It couldn’t be. The scent couldn’t belong to Lia, could it?
She was the only person who was having that ceremony today so logically it had to be her.
With a groan, I forced myself to my feet and grabbed my keys off my desk. I ignored the shouts of my family who wanted to know where I was going. They could wait. My future mate was waiting for me. She might not be happy about it but I knew she was waiting for me at the school.
Despite my urge to drive fast, I tried to follow the rules of the road. I quickly parked, nearly stumbling out of my car and into the school. An administrator was waiting, explaining to me that I would have to wait in the hallway near the nurse’s office until the medicine had run its course.
Reluctantly, I nodded and sat down in a row of chairs that had been placed in the hallway where the nurse’s office was located. Two people I did not expect to see were Colby and Michael.
“What are you guys doing here?” I blurted out.
Michael sighed. “First of all she’s my sister… and second of all, Colby smelled an omega’s scent.”
“Bro, so did I.”
Colby plopped himself down next to me and grinned. “Well, it looks like we are both future mates of Lia.”
“My sister is going to flip,” Michael muttered. “One I could see her trying to deal with but two? I don’t know how she is going to handle it.”
“We’re not going to treat her badly,” I argued, even though what we had done up to now was bully her.
Michael gave us a look. “Yeah, well I know you’ll do what is right for her and if you don’t you’ll have to answer to me but I’m sure you know that.”
Sometimes, Michael did let out the protective older brother side of him. It did make me nervous, never wanting to go too far to bother his sister.
The minutes passed and I grew uneasy as well as impatient.
Chapter 7
“What is taking so long?” I snapped.
Colby shrugged. “She probably is recovering from the medicine. Remember how you felt after you took it?”
“Yeah, Colby has a point, Rain. Plus omegas are more sensitive to it so you have to remember that too.”
I pouted. “Fine, I guess I’ll just have to stay out here and suffer.”
“Did you forget about me?” Colby reminded him.
“By the way Col… you seem to be handling this well.”
“I’m just wondering what this is going to mean for our future,” Colby murmured. “I mean, this is Lia we’re talking about and I’ll also be sharing a mate with one of my best friends.”
I grinned. “I think it’s good, honestly. If I am going to share a mate with anyone then I am glad it’s you.”
