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PiperThe students frowned at my words, clearly not expecting me to answer them, and I could almost see the thought running through their minds. I was an omega, so they had expected me to lower my head, stay quiet, and allow them to say whatever they wanted simply because they believed their status gave them the right to look down on me.If that was what they expected from me, then they had expected wrong.I had never allowed anyone to bully me.The only reason I had tolerated what happened the last time was because I didn't want to disrespect Mrs. Calder by starting a fight with Eve and her friends, and even then, I had only swallowed my anger because I knew there were consequences to every action I took. My mother hadn't raised me to believe that I needed someone else to constantly step in and protect me, and she certainly hadn't raised me to think that being an omega meant I had to accept whatever treatment people decided to give me.The students looked at one another, clearly tryi

Piper “Piper.”The sound of my name cut through the fog in my head like a sharp blade. I flinched hard, blinking as I looked up and met Emma’s concerned blue eyes. The blonde girl who had been talking to me for the past few minutes was now frowning at me. I realized with a jolt that I hadn’t heard a single word she said. I didn’t even remember when we had properly introduced ourselves. My mind had completely drifted away.Anyone would have spaced out, I told myself, if they suddenly discovered that their mother had once worked in this very place.It wasn’t the job itself that unsettled me. Being a caddie wasn’t something dirty or shameful. If it had been, I never would have applied here in the first place. What shook me was the sudden connection to a past my mother had always kept locked away.She almost never spoke about her life before me. Growing up, we moved from pack to pack so many times that I eventually lost count of how many places I had called home. I didn’t even know which

PiperMy father looked down at me.For a brief second, surprise flashed across his eyes. Then it vanished, replaced by something far colder. Anger. The kind of anger that looked like it wanted to destroy everything in its path. The sight of me standing there, dressed in the short caddie uniform, seemed to offend him on a personal level.I stared back at him without blinking.He hadn’t changed much. The same sharp features, the same cold, assessing eyes. The same look he had always given me, as if he were staring at an object he wanted to throw away, but still found some residual use for. Something disposable, and inconvenient.My expression didn’t change.I hated him. That was a simple, undeniable fact. Right now, I felt like a wolf who had finally found the one person it wanted to sink its teeth into… but couldn’t. Not yet. Maybe not ever. Still, there was one thing I would never allow, I would never let someone like him take the first bite. I would never let him affect me openly.Th

Dominic I could feel a particular stare on me.It was steady, focused, and far too intentional to be accidental, yet I didn’t look up. My eyes remained fixed on the documents spread neatly across my lap, scanning the dense lines of text. Outside, the road stretched dark and empty, the headlights cutting through the night as the vehicle moved.I flipped to the next page, the soft rustle of paper the only sound I made. Still without lifting my gaze, I tilted my head slightly to the side.“Are you going to stare at me through the mirror all night, Theodore?”There was clear amusement in my voice.“I always had a feeling you were into me,” I continued, turning another page. “I just never had solid proof until now. But you’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Do you want me that much, hmm?”I hummed lazily, the sound deep as it rolled through the interior of the car. The temperature seemed to drop by several degrees. Even the driver shifted almost imperceptibly in his seat, his shoulder

PiperI entered the mansion with Charlie walking behind me, and as soon as I opened the door, I heard Mrs. Calder laughing from the living room. She was standing behind the counter with a wine glass in her hand, looking more relaxed than I had seen her in a while, while Ryan stood across from her with a neutral smile on his face as he said something that I couldn't quite hear from where I was standing.My eyes moved toward him, and I couldn't stop myself from taking in his familiar face. Even though I had already seen him this morning, I still couldn't deny that Ryan was really attractive. He had changed into more comfortable clothes, wearing a simple sweatshirt and pants, while his black hair fell messily over his forehead and partially covered his eyes. The moment I stepped into the room, his gaze found mine, almost as though his eyes naturally gravitated toward me no matter where I was.My body trembled for a second when our eyes met, but I quickly forced myself to snap out of it a