Under Siege: A Contemporary Mpreg Romance Bundle (Omega's Under Siege) by Aiden Bates

Author:Aiden Bates [Bates, Aiden]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

13

Charlie

When I got home, Pedro was nowhere to be found. Which was a relief. But if there was some tiny, omega part of me that was disappointed at discovering the lights all off, well, that surely was just the hormones talking in the aftermath of the pill debacle and my overactive heat.

After shedding my many layers, I went to the bathroom and pulled the packets I’d gotten from the pharmacist from my pocket. I took the replacement heat suppressor immediately, hoping it would bring some relief soon. The bad pills I’d taken last night, which had increased the symptoms of my heat and not suppressed them, would last at least twenty-four hours, so it was probably going to take a little while before that faded and I felt normal again. I wasn’t suffering the fever I’d felt earlier this morning, but I still felt shaky, a little disoriented.

I opened the second blister pack, this one containing an additional dose of birth control. I was about to tip the pill into my hand when I hesitated. It was stupid. I knew it was stupid. But I couldn’t get King’s words out of my head. Could I be pregnant right now?

I caught myself in the mirror and I couldn’t help but lift my shirt. My stomach was just as flat as it had been yesterday. Don’t be stupid, Charlie. If I was pregnant, my heat would have stopped, and there was absolutely no way to tell yet, anyway. Still, I let my hand linger there, and I winced as a million different memories of the hopes and dreams Jason and I had talked about, made steps toward, came welling up all at once.

Grief was complicated like that. Sometimes, it was like being in a small boat in the middle of the ocean. The seas are calm, the sun is out, things are fine. And then, something comes up from the depths, some disruptive monster out of nowhere before slinking back down to the bottom to wait for the next time. I could feel that, at the edges of my mind, but I shook myself out of it. I knew better. Jason wouldn’t want me spending the rest of my life living in a shoebox of memories. No one had cared about living life to the fullest more than him.

It had been one hell of a morning. I felt sticky and sore, and the shower was calling my name. I lost myself in the steam, and by the end I was feeling more human again. I felt clearer headed, which could have been the medication kicking in or just a result of being more relaxed from the hot water. I threw on some sweats and a tank top before opening the door and almost walking directly into Pedro.

“Shit, s-sorry,” he said, tan cheeks flushing. He awkwardly ran a hand through his hair.

“No, no, it’s fine,” I said, taking a step past him to put some distance between us. My heat wasn’t in control

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