Chapter 36 Full Moon
Full Moon
Acadia
Ican’t stay away from the clinic. All day, I go back and forth between the event and the clinic. I hover around under the guise of helping the omegas. Not one of them is deterred by Dr. Soto.
Not one.
Maybe it’s the fact that they are gearing up for an omega sex party, or the fact it’s a full moon tonight. But they are fawning over my doctor.
Not my doctor.
No, fuck that.
He’s my doctor.
The omega in me has decided. Dr. Soto is hers. He’s ours.
I like how he teases me. I’m so turned on by the fact he’s an omega physician specialist. Well known. He’s so handsome.
I go back upstairs when it’s obvious his last omega patient is not coming out anytime soon. Plus, I don’t want to look like I’ve been waiting for them.
We’ve moved the kids into the multipurpose room and started up the movie. There’s a volunteer for every two or three kids, so they are well taken care of. There’s a buffet table for them to take from. Hot chocolate bar. A reading nook. They are good to go.
I go to the other end of the building. The omegas have started mingling with the partners. Getting to know each other.
Dr. Soto gave a few omegas suppressants and other stimulants to ensure they have a good time tonight. We’ve done these events before. By morning, most of the omegas will be coming out of it. Dr. Soto seems to know what he’s doing.
I avoid the sex room. The smells are starting to get to my head. Or my…other head. Do women have “other heads”? Maybe just omegas have other heads…
I find myself back at the exam room.
The last omega is not leaving the room. The exam seems to be going on way too long. This is ridiculous. I raise my hand to knock and then decide to give them another…no, fuck that. I knock like I’m the police.
The door opens before I can decide if I’m gonna knock a second time. It’s just Dr. Soto on the other side. I push past him and look around the empty room. Where is that omega hiding?
When my search turns up no hidden omega I turn to face the doctor. His eyebrow is raised, and his mouth is quirked in a smile.
“Omega Acadia, is everything ok?”
I narrow my eyes at him.
“I thought Giselle was still in here.”
He suppresses a smile. “No, she left a while ago. Eager to go meet the males.”
I frown and nod.
“I’m all done here if you’d like to join them upstairs.”
I don’t need to join them. Why would I join them? He must think that’s what my plans are for the night. I am dating a beta. I’ve messed around with Kol, my beta boyfriend’s alpha—twice. I don’t need a sex party.
But he doesn’t know that.
“No, I’m not participating tonight.”
“It might help with your impending heat to participate. Maybe you’ll meet an alpha who will help you through your heat.”
I startle backwards. Like I’d been hit.
“What?”
The omega in me does not adhere to logic or understanding. She’s offended he would suggest another alpha take care of her. She’s pissed, actually. And so am I.
“Go to hell,” I say before I can stop myself. Stupid fucking full moon.
I try to run past him out of the room, but he grabs my arms.
“As your doctor…”
“We were just playing make-believe earlier, Dr. Soto. I’m not your patient. And I didn’t come in here to talk to you as a patient. So, don’t talk to me like you have authority over me, like you’re my handler.”
He yanks me even closer to his body. I want our bodies to touch, but there is space between us.
I bare my teeth at him. He’s so much taller than me, so I have to tip my head back severely to look him in the eye, and he curls over to do the same.
The overhead lights flicker. Like there’s so much electricity between us, it’s blowing out the building’s fuse.
“How do you want me to talk to you then, Acadia?”
His nose flares. He can smell how aroused I am.
His fingers press harder on my arms. My breaths deepen. He smells like brewing coffee on early mornings when the dew is just settling on the ground. The birds are just starting to wake.
“Dr. Soto,” I start, but he interrupts me.
“Call me Oscar. Please.”
“Oscar.”
His whole body shivers.
God, I’d like him to do that again. I’d like him to shake all over while I suck his cock dry. I’d like his body out of control while he fucks me from behind, and I’m biting a pillow so hard I rip it open.
“Do you have an omega?” I feel like I know the answer.
He said his pack, the one waiting for him, was two alphas and a beta.
And it’s a silly question for so many other reasons.
He could be committed to his pack. The way it is.
Stepping out to be with me could be cheating.
They could be uninterested in an omega. He could be gay.
He could be uninterested in me specifically.
He could be in a bad place to be pursuing someone like me…
His hands ease off my arms. I close my eyes. I’m not ready for him to step away from me. But he doesn’t. One hand comes up to my face, cupping my cheek.
“Mi amore,“ he breathes out, barely even speaking.
“Oscar,” I say in response. My hands reach out and touch his stomach, and then I wrap my arms around him until we are hugging.
And while I’d like it to be a sexy hug, it’s just a hug.
Like any two people would give. But it’s so nice.
It resets my brain. He eases my head to rest on his chest, and his thumb strokes my cheekbone. “Is this ok?”
“Of course this is ok.”
The omega in me purrs.
He says it like he’s already mine.
“Who are you?” I ask because I don’t know how else to put my question into words.
He moves us so we can see into each other’s faces. This time I’m not baring my teeth at him. But looking up at him with curiosity. He looks like he’s in awe.
The lights flicker again.
So odd.
“I’m Oscar Soto. Pack lead of the Soto Pack.
I’m from Colombia. My mother was Irish, and my father was Colombian.
I wasn’t raised by my parents. I emigrated to Salt Port when I was a young man, where I got my undergrad and doctorate in medicine.
My pack moved to Cash City a few months back to find an omega.
I’ve waited my whole life for you. I hope I’m worthy. ”
Oscar’s alpha influence floods the space around us.
“And I apologize for overstepping earlier when I suggested you find an alpha for your heat. It was out of line.”
God damned. My knees give out, and he holds me up.
I’ve forgotten how sure and powerful an alpha can be.
The Whitehorses hardly used their influence.
They never made sweeping statements like this.
I figured they would grow into it. That we would gain more trust and intimacy, and then they’d reveal their hearts to me. But they were shallow and weak.
Oscar is sweeping me away into his depths. His amber eyes have me in a trance. He strokes my spine with his thumb. It’s so soothing.
I want this. I’ve wanted someone like him. Someone who helps people. Like he did today. Who loves his packmates. And who holds me both lovingly and dominantly. My fingers do the same on his spine. It’s an invitation. It’s me consenting to whatever he wants to do with me.
“Thank you for your apology. I accept it.” I lick my lips. “Is this a formal offer, Alpha Soto?”
I like things to be clear.
“Yes. Acadia, I would like to court you. My pack would like to court you…”
He’s about to say so much more, but the lights go out, and we are completely drenched in darkness. We both gasp, and I grapple on to him tighter.
At first, I think about us, and what we will do, but that thought goes away quickly. The kids. The omegas. I let go of Oscar and stretch out my hands to find the cabinet with the flashlights in it. We keep some here in the exam room. It’s one of the lower ones.
“The power’s gone out. There are flashlights…here,” I say as I pull out the box. I try the first one and it doesn’t work, but the second one does. I look back in the cabinet for the battery and pull out the big pack, throwing it in the box. “We have to get upstairs.”
“Yes, of course, give me the box, and you lead the way,” Oscar says to me, and I hand him the box.
We get halfway up the stairs when I get a call from Sebastian Meier.
“Acadia?”
“Yes, Alpha Meier, did you see we lost power?”
“We just found the electrical box–” Just then, the lights come back on.
“What happened?”
“Just a breaker flipped.”
“Thank you for looking into it.”
“No problem. It’s been quiet out here. It was a little bit of excitement for our night.”
I smile. He’s such a nice guy. I’m happy for Ondine to have an alpha like him.
I check on the kids first, who are fine. A little rowdy, but fine. Apparently, they all started screaming when the lights went out, and that was the worst part. We leave the flashlights with them.
I make my way to the sex room. Oscar stays just behind me. Like a protective force. There’s a hall before the doors to the sex room, and some people are taking a break. They are wearing robes or are huddled under blankets. I walk up to a volunteer, my friend Jamie.
“Is everyone ok?” I ask. Oscar stands beside me. His presence is such a comfort.
Jamie sighs. “Cadi, I’m glad you’re here. Everyone is fine. I’m not sure most of them even noticed. It was scarier for us volunteers.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry, Jamie. Are you ok?” I pat his arm.
I’m paying attention to Oscar’s reaction to me touching my beta friend.
His reaction could make or break my interest in him.
If he’s one of those dick-ish alphas who gets bent out of shape for me having friends or being close with my colleagues, I won’t be happy. But Oscar doesn’t react at all.
“I’ve just had a bad day. My wife is gone for the week for a work trip, and I’ve just been eating slices of cheese from this huge block of cheddar I bought on the first day. And the block is nearly gone, but she’s not back yet.”
I stroke his arm as he tells me his woes. Oscar does react slightly at this, but I have a feeling he’s trying not to chuckle.