Crossed Under: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse Romance (Seven Book 3) by D.E. Chapman

Author:D.E. Chapman [Chapman, D.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter seventeen

Hope

Another mission.

Dread courses through me, just as heady as it was when the news was first delivered. I think I’m going to be sick, and the knowing eyes of my mates constantly watching me isn’t helping. My skin is crawling, and I know they don’t mean to make it worse, but fuck, this is unbearable.

None of us have spoken about the punishment since the bath, and I’m glad for it. I don’t want to think about it, let alone talk about it. It’s not healthy, I know that, but I’m too tired to care. To top it off, my hope—the very Divine that I merged with—is nowhere to be found these days. Nothing about our lives, our futures, is hopeful. It’s bleak and depressing, and I don’t even care anymore.

But I know it’s on all our minds right now. How can it not be? This is the first mission since my fuck-up. I’m sure my alphas are wondering if I’m going to screw everything up again—I sure as hell am. I want to be able to reassure them that it won’t happen again, but I can’t make that promise, and that kills me.

The guilt. The pain. I’m drowning.

“Jesse.”

My head snaps to the side, and I watch Karas cautiously as he holds his hand out to me, patiently waiting for me to reach out. I hesitate for a second, but there’s no judgment in his eyes, just understanding and never-ending patience.

What did I do to deserve such good mates?

I place my hand in his, and his answering grin is mesmerizing. He’s so handsome, so perfect. He gently lifts me from the sofa I had sank onto after changing into my fighting gear. It’s just simple black leather that’s surprisingly comfortable, and honestly I’m not sure what the practicality of the leather is for, since bullets will still pierce the outfit just as easily as cloth, but whatever.

Karas guides me out of the new nest in the new mansion we’re going to be living in now, and a part of me wants to look around and explore, yet a bigger part of me simply doesn’t care. It’s just another place to sleep between the never-ending training sessions. It’s not like we’re going to have a chance to use the lit pool I spotted from the window.

Michael is waiting downstairs, and he looks up at us as we make our way down. Once we’re all lined up before him, he finally speaks.

“You’re on your own with today’s mission. It’s an easy enough task: just eliminate all the gang members in the drug house you’ll be dropped in front of. Use the cover of night to do this. I’ll be waiting for your return across the street. Meet me there when you’ve completed your task. Any questions?”

When it’s clear we don’t have any, he opens the blinding portal that we immediately step through. Despite my feet feeling like they’re weighted with concert, I step through alongside my mates.

I think I’m really going to be sick.

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