Chapter 20

Hunter took a deep breath to center himself. "During 10th grade, Will found out that he was an Omega in the worst way possible. He was in an entire class of Alphas when his Omega pheromone suddenly exploded and he was nearly attacked by the entire group. One day, when I went to the bathroom during class, I got stopped by a group of some of the boys that tried to attack Will. There was a dominant Alpha in the group that was even able to control me as a Beta. They forced me outside and to the gym storage room. They force me out of my clothes and began trying to attack me all at once when my phone started to ring." Hunter put his head down slightly as he struggled to continue.

I squeezed his hand slightly as I looked Asher and he looked to me with sadness. "I was trying to find Hunter and when I went past the storage room, I heard his phone ringing. When I knocked on the door, one of the lower level Alphas pulled me in. They locked the door behind me and I saw that they had Hunter bound where he could not escape. With some convincing, I made them release Hunter and take me in his place. Hunter squeezed my hand tighter and leaned his head on my shoulder as he fought not to cry. I looked to Asher to see a face of horror as he realized what had truly happened to me. "After hunter left, I was rȧpėd by all 6 of them at once. They bound me and attacked me for 3 hours until a teacher finally came and stopped them." I sighed as I looked to the ground to try to compose myself. "When I was sleeping, I had a nightmare of what happened. I've had it many times before but this time, it wasn't what really happened." I took a deep breath as I touched the leather strap on my neck. "When they were about to attack me, the door was busted in." They both looked to me as I closed my eyes, "Jayden overpowered them with his pheromones and they left me. But then he bit me." I began trembling, "it felt so real! And then I woke up and couldn't move or speak. It took all of my energy just to get my phone and call you."

"The fear of him biting you must have caused your pheromones to go crazy."

I leaned back as I felt more nauseous, "I guess."

"What really worries me is what that Omega said." I looked to Asher with worry, "I've never heard of an Alpha suddenly hiding himself."

"Maybe he is having similar affects as Will is," Hunter suggested as I grunted.

"He certainly deserves it," I mumbled, "maybe that will take him down a peg or two. He's probably never needed or wanted for anything. Coming from a prestigious dominant Alpha family, I'm sure he is well taken care of."

"One thing that confuses me is why would a dominant Alpha have to go into that industry?" He paused and looked to me sheepishly, "no offense."

I shook my head, "it is something I was concerned of too. Most people join the industry because they have no other chances, they need the money, or they want it so that they can control their pheromones."

"Maybe his family disowned him," Hunter stated and I chuckled.

"Why would they dismiss a dominant Alpha? I'm sure he is from a long line that is very honored and very pretentious. Just like mine was."

"You come from a family of Alphas, right?"

I looked to Asher sadly, "I am the only non-Alpha in nine generations. There has never been an Omega in my family since it began."

"They are ȧssholes and cowards," Hunter mumbled as Asher look to him with curiosity.

"What do you mean?"

Hunter let go of my hand as his clenched into fists. "They found out and within a few hours put all of Will's stuff in their front yard and locked him out."

"Did they ever contact you to make sure you were all right? Or send you to someone else?"

I smile to Asher, "why would they haveany interest in an Omega. That's beneath them."

"Even I don't know where Will ended up. He told me it was his uncle, but I found out a few days ago that that was a lie. It's time for you to lay it on the line, Hunter insisted as I put my hands together and squeezed them.

"There's a lot of things that happened, what do you want to know specifically?" I chuckled even though I could not smile, "I'm doubting you want to know the color of his tooth brush nor the shampoo brand he used."

"This isn't a joke Will, Hunter hissed but I could not look to him and I could not refute nor agree with his statement.

"Mitchell was the guy's name," I began as I took another deep breath to compose myself. That man did not deserve my anxiety nor my fear nor tears. "The night my parents kicked me out, I only took what was absolutely essential as I was the only person there. I went and slept at a shelter for a couple nights before I met Mitchell. He was very kind towards me although I knew you had ulterior motives. But I was so desperate it didn't matter." I fought my hands not to shake as I closed my eyes, "in exchange for a place to sleep, I had to go along with his sick interests. I started working immediately after my parents abandoned me. But I became a full-time worker while still going to school in order to try to escape. Over time, Mitchell's aggression became worse and I started to fear for my safety. Him and his friends would get so drunk and high that they never remembered what they did to me the next day. So they repeated it in the morning in order to keep the memories." I chuckled slightly in order to not cry, "what he did to me did help me in my past job. A lot of his sick interests also coincided with those interests of our viewers. They did not make me uncomfortable like they did to most, so I got more jobs."

"It was somewhat funny that when I traded spots with Hunter that day, I was able to surprise Luther. He was somewhat horrified when he realized how well I had been used. He even commented that it was not as fun to attack me because I was already so loose and open from what had happened the night before and that morning."

I laughed somewhat as I remembered the Alpha's faces that day. "I got a couple of them to retch when they attacked me. It didn't take much for them to notice Mitchell's sick interests. I'm sure they thought the women's undėrwėȧr was a tad weird. But when they tried to take me, they were met with the remnants of 5 different men. Mitchelle forced me to leave it inside my body in exchange for letting me go that morning. Even a couple of them commented on the dried blood and the scars and bruising they found. At least I was able to gain back a little bit of my pride by scaring them somewhat." I paused as I gulped back my emotions. "I think it also terrified Luther on how willing I was to give in. They did nothing to me in comparison to what Mitchell and his friends did to me before. They actually treated me somewhat carefully which was unusual for me."

Everyone was silent the room until I heard Asher's shaking voice parrot back, "dried blood."

I could hear Hunter crying next to me but knew that he wanted the whole truth and asked for it.

I smirked slightly as I continued bouncing my knee, "Four Betas all at once will do that to a person."

I heard Asher groan slightly as he likely imagined generally what I had gone through.

"Thankfully, they got me so drunk I bȧrėly felt it. There were a couple soft spots to Mitchell." I sighed as I put my head on the back of the couch and looked at the ceiling. "That's why all the Omegas prefer to work with me. Because regardless of how violence our actions looked, I always made sure they were comfortable, safe, and that they were never hurt." I stopped for a moment. "If Jayden ever does capture me, maybe I can at least keep some of my pride when I disgust him by telling him my pass."

I looked to Asher as he made eye contact with me and I saw the tears welling in his eyes.

"I'm sure you won't want to touch me ever again either. I wouldn't in your place."

Asher gently took one of my hands in his and shook his head while fighting back tears. "Your past does not define who you are. I've always known that your past likely had a lot of dark points, as you never complains nor argued with anything I wanted to do. That's partly why I always planned to treat you gently." He gave me a sad smile, "if it wasn't for that destined partner, I planned to make you my mate to keep you safe."

I chuckled, "as if you could tame me."

The room became silent again but Asher did not let go of my hand. After what felt like years, Hunter sighed as I heard his tears finally stopped falling.

"It's not a good idea to keep in contact with that Omega. He's too closely related to that dominant Akpha. It could cause a lot of problems."

I sighed as I closed my eyes and thought of Cam. "Although I can't express it like he can, I'm as upset and desperate to have him back as he is to me." I felt both men look to me in surprise but I did not look back. "It gives me a bit of relief just to be able to be near him and support him somewhat. Once he finds a mate, then I will feel comfortable letting him go completely. I want only the best for him and by staying at his side somewhat, I can make sure that happens."

Asher chuckled slightly, "you were made to be a knight in shining armor, not me. You were made to be a truly good Alpha."

I scoffed, "I am nothing like was when I thought I was an Alpha. I was just like the rest of them, ċȯċky and eager."

I looked at Hunter as he nodded while looking to Asher.. "Will never even spoke to me before he became an Omega."