Riley Goes Home: A Wolfverse special edition novella (The Wolfverse) by Sam Hall

Author:Sam Hall [Hall, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Riley

I wasn’t the same girl I was, I had to tell myself that over and over as we drove to the pools. They were situated on the alpha residence lands, which made things even more awkward. Cyrus had apparently gotten word, because as we pulled up the front, he and Cheryl peered down the steps at us, waiting for us to get out of the car.

“A dominance display.” Eloise chuckled. “Obviously, you ruffled some feathers yesterday.”

“The visit wasn’t exactly a smooth one,” I admitted.

“So Omega Williams has called for back up already.” She shook her head. “No matter. They know the rules, and if they’ve managed to forget them, I’ll remind them of each and every one.”

She would too. It was weird to see the same perfumed steamroller getting out of her car and marching around to my door with the same kind of determination she’d used to drive me out of town. My door was pulled open and she reached in, giving me a hand to get to my feet. Cheryl and Cyrus watched my every ungainly movement with a cool collective gaze, though Cheryl’s brows drew down when my hand went to my aching back.

“We should’ve put in a ramp when the place was ours,” Eloise muttered, shaking her head as I lumbered up one stair then another. “The steps are ridiculous. The previous Omega Vanguard, the boys’ grandmother, watched me climb them when I was heavily pregnant too.”

“And you made it?” I gasped.

“Just.” Her smile helped me feel better. “Only a couple more to go.”

I gripped her hand with one hand and the railing with the other, finally levering myself up on the top stairs.

“Regan, so nice to see you again.”

Cyrus smiled prettily and I didn’t note the fine lines around his eyes, the unnatural shade of blond he’d dyed his hair at all.

“It’s Riley, as you well know,” I replied, not willing to be caught up in pack politics. “You sneered it enough times in high school to have it memorised.”

“And where’s your… pack?” he asked, looking over my shoulder.

“Where’s yours, Omega Williams?” Eloise snapped. “Gone on another one of those ‘long business trips’ again?”

His flush told me everything I needed to know about that.

“If you’d like to come this way.” Cheryl’s tone was tight, but she directed me towards the house. “You can visit the birthing pools and learn the lore that is your right as an omega born in our town.”

“How the hell does that even work?” Cyrus couldn’t seem to keep a civil tone. He looked me up and down in the way I might a particularly fascinating tissue sample. “You didn’t look like this at school. Val was the other omega destined⁠—”

“To leave Bordertown and find her mates outside it,” Eloise replied smoothly. “Cheryl, as ruling omega, you⁠—”

“I know what I’m supposed to do.” Her sharp reply silenced Eloise, but my mother-in-laws cheeks turned cherry red. Cheryl stepped up to the front door and then opened it with a flourish. “Be welcome.

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