LOGINWhat's going to happen to Revon when the tidal wave finally comes? Will he be able to handle it?
“No, that’s impossible!” I snapped. “That’s factually untrue, and you know it, Maya. What are you even trying to pull here?”Maya’s eye flashed.“What do you mean factually untrue? You think I’m lying?’“Yes, because I found my birth records!” I yelled back.It was not an act anymore. All my control fled as soon as I heard those words, and suddenly, I was an eighteen-year-old boy again, whose whole world had been turned upside down by finding out that he was an Omega.God, how simple had things been back then?Colton and I? Twins? The very idea was so far-fetched, so out of line…it was impossible.What was Maya playing at? What was her agenda? Why was she lying all of a sudden?“Why did you go looking for your birth records?” Maya’s brows furrowed.“That’s none of your goddamn business,” I snarled. “The point is that my birth records clearly state I was born to a couple in California who perished shortly after my birth! They didn’t have any relatives, so I was put into the system. End
“Wait, wait, wait, hold up,” I cut in before she could go on. “You mean to tell me that we—me and you—have met the Hawthornes before?”Maya nodded.“Multiple times. We kept going to their galas at least once a year. But after you started acting out, you refused to go. After that, it was only me.”“So that means you’ve met her before,” I said. “Victory.”Maya cracked a sardonic smile. “I don’t think she remembers me all that well. I only talked with her a handful of times. But yeah, I did. Not just her. The son…I’ve met him too, but I don’t think I’ve ever talked to him.”“Why?” I asked faintly, like I wasn’t trying to mine all the information I could. “Too big-headed for the likes of us?”“Victory, totally, but I just think Revon was just an introvert. He looked so nervous all the time back then, and then he stopped attending altogether, so…anyways, I attended the parties until the Hawthornes stopped having them.”She trailed off after that as if she was lost in thought, and I blinked,
“What the hell are you doing?!” I screamed as I pushed her away from my back. Scrambling to my feet, I made a show of scuffling away from her, my arms thrust out as if I was dealing with a wild animal. “What the hell, Maya, you could’ve broken my nose!”Maya looked crazed. She was redder than I’d ever seen her before, and her eyes were like plums bulging out of her skull. Her chest rose and fell like she was on the way to a panic attack.“You can’t go to them; I won’t let you!” she snapped. “Do you have a death wish, Colton? Are you insane? You’re not going to ask our parents anything about the Hawthornes or about the past whatsoever. Don’t cross the line!”“A death wish?” I blinked at her. “What the…you’re talking about them like they’re dangerous! It’s mom and dad! The most they’ll do is yell at me. It’s not like we’re kids anymore.”Maya let out a bark of a laugh that was so unhinged I wondered if I was taking this too far.“Of course, you would think that,” she said, voice signifi
“I…I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Maya stuttered. “Why would we have any business with the Hawthornes?! I wasn’t even aware of their existence until their daughter decided to fuck my husband.”“You said the Hawthornes had never done us wrong,” I pointed out. “And you’re acting awfully fishy right now. In case you have forgotten, I’ve been trained to interrogate people who blew shit up for a living.”“I thought you were in the army! Why the hell would you-nevermind, I don’t want to know. And I meant to say that before this, the Hawthornes had not been any of our concern, because we’ve never had any contact with them.”I sighed. “Are you really going to make me do this?”“Do what?”I looked her in the eye and watched the blood drain from her face as I said, “I know.”Maya’s mouth fell open, and her eyes widened to the size of saucers. Jesus Christ, how did she manage to hide about real Colton for so long? She was a horrible actress.“…know what?” she asked, and that proved tha
It was something of a mindfuck, stepping down into the dry heat of the capital city of Oyolle, Nayalla, after boarding the plane from Caveat City, where it was still colder than a witch’s tit.A refreshing mindfuck, but it took my body a minute to realize that the heat was not artificial. The sun shone high in the sky, and the sky was a bright blue with nary a cloud to be seen.When I breathed in, my lungs were filled with dust and sunbaked earth, instead of wet and snow, and boy, it was a welcome change.“The last time we were in Africa was when you were five years old,” Mom said, stepping down next to me with a smile on her face. Even though her eyes were behind a behemoth pair of sunglasses, I could tell that they were twinkling. “You did not want to leave. Cried all the way through as your father dragged you to the jet.”From the distance, I could see two black and muddy green colored land rovers making their way towards us.“I think I vaguely remember that trip,” I replied. “Were
My head was pounding with this new information, and my heart raced. There it was. There was my opening.“You’re telling me that Mom and Dad were aware of this sex club thing before yesterday?” I asked with the appropriate amount of horror.“I don’t know if they were aware of the that,” Maya fidgeted with her fingers. “But they definitely knew that Victory and August were in love and Victory’s parents would never let them be together unless of course, either Victory or August had a buffer to cover for them.”“Like a wife.”Maya gritted her teeth and nodded.“So, you were lied to as well.”My fake adoptive sister let out a bitter laugh at that.“This is my karma, isn’t it? I thought they would neve do that to me, only you, but in the end, they treated me the same way I treated you. How ironic.”My stomach turned at those words, because something told me she didn’t quite mean the hiding my supposed ‘transition’ when she talked about lying to me.I didn’t know what to do with her guilt, so
Chapter 1. Revon. “No son of mine will be an Omega!”My father’s roar flinched through the sterile hospital room. Victory looked down, clearly to hide a smug smile. My mother looked as if she’d bitten into a lemon. Poor Dr. Lewis, who hadn’t asked to be entangled in the Hawthorne family drama, kep
“Don’t…” Adam breathed, and suddenly, he lurched forward.I didn’t know what to do. It was far too late to step back, and I wasn’t heartless enough to let him fall face-first onto the dirty bathroom floor.So of course, he landed on my arms.My heart started racing as his scent filled my nostrils,
Adam’s football friends strode towards us, and I felt a cold sweat on the back of my neck as I saw the expression on his face.Adam was nowhere to be seen.As soon as they were close to us, Annalise sprang to her feet and rushed to them.“Oh, Jaice, AJ! I just wanted to sit with my friends,” she pl
“What a jerk,” Avery muttered as we sat at our usual table at the corner of the cafeteria. “Did you guys hear about what happened in Hallway C?”The rest of our friend group sat at the corner table near the garbage cans, the least desirable spot. Eaton, Quinn, and KC raised their head as we slumped







