All Chapters of The Omega and Her Three Wolves   : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Jessa POV Ruby winced. Her shoulders slumped, and she shook her head. “No. No, it wasn’t you. I didn’t even know you were in the library.”Hope blossomed in my chest. “What do you mean?”Ruby grimaced. “Lately, I’ve been having some… outbursts, I suppose you could say. I never used to have trouble controlling things. I could even stop seeing the spirits if I concentrated hard enough. Now, it’s just sort of… uncontrollable. I don’t know what’s happening. I went to the library to try to do some research, but while I was there, sparks started to fall from my fingertips. I went to the bathroom and somehow managed to melt the handle from my side. I must have left some sparks behind, and that’s what caused the fire.”My heart ached at the uncertainty in Ruby’s voice. How many others were there in town? We were all keeping our heads down, trying not to draw attention to ourselves. The witch hunts had left their mark here, even if nobody had been murdered for their magic in town—at least, no

Cassian POVDenric sat on the couch, staring at the floor. The muscles in his jaw kept tightening, and I knew him well enough to see that he was fighting back tears. I sat with him, not speaking. Mina was probably the only person in town who had ever been able to get Denric to open up, at least before Jessa. Now, the heaviness of what had transpired weighed on the house like a death shroud.“I can make the arrangements for the funerals, if you need,” I finally offered, breaking the silence. Denric was Mina’s only family so the responsibility was his.“No.”I knew better than to try to touch him, even though I wished I could put a comforting hand on his shoulder. “We’re here for you, you know. Anything you need—”“I need some quiet.” Denric got to his feet and paced to the window. His shoulder slumped as he stared outside.He was no doubt thinking of all the things he ‘should’ have done yesterday. But how did Mina even end up in the woods? She was too smart to go wandering away. Has so

Jessa POVTears scorched my eyes as I hurried away from Jarek’s house. The place that had become home, the place where I’d never been happier. And now it was a place of tension and anger, a place full of accusations that made my chest ache.I pressed my hands to my belly. Over the past week, I’d started to notice the first swellings of my stomach. It had been difficult to tell if it was because of my growing baby, as with the better food the Alphas provided for me, I’d actually started to lose weight. But it was clear to me now, this swelling was because I was pregnant. It was my baby, making themself known to the world.If my Alphas thought I was lying about it all, if they thought I tricked them, if they thought I was a killer, what did it mean for the future of my baby? They wouldn’t hurt us. I knew that in my bones, even if they thought I was a witch who had cast a spell on them. But what about after the baby was born? Would I be banished? Would I never be allowed to see my child?

Denric POVI didn’t know how long I stood there, staring at the boots in my hand, before I realized how quiet the house had become. After Jessa left, Jarek had gone tearing after her. Cassian yelled at me, but the words were just so much of a buzzing in my ears. I couldn’t stop staring at the boots, my wolf howling, my heart feeling as though someone had reached into my chest and cut away every last bit of happiness in my life.The buzzing in my ears stopped, and I sucked in a deep breath, feeling like I was breathing for the first time since Cassian led us into this room.The boots slipped from my hands and fell with dull thumps on the floor. Gods… what have I done?My chest tightened as my actions, my words, played through my mind again. I’d done more to hurt Jessa with my words than anyone who had ever laid a hand on her. I had accused her of murder! I made her think I hated her, made her think that I saw her as a witch, an evil person who deserved the ill-treatment she had receive

Jarek POVNeither Denric, Cassian, nor I would leave Jessa’s side. The attack and blood loss that we suffered left us all weak and shaky, but as Joe carried Jessa to the Silverwood medical clinic, we stayed right by her side.Denric needed help walking, having taken the worst of Vampire’s attack. Zach helped him, looking uncharacteristically serious. My mind was sluggish, unable to focus on anything but putting one foot in front of the other while checking on Jessa, but I told Quinn in a clipped voice everything that had happened.At the clinic, Jessa insisted that before she received any medical treatment, the doctor checked the baby. A few nurses cleaned up our injuries as the doctor wheeled in the equipment. My heart was in my throat as the doctor slathered ultrasound jelly on her stomach and held the wand to her.Jessa gripped my hand tightly, her eyes wide with worry.After a few minutes, the doctor smiled broadly at us. “That is a strong heartbeat. Your baby is fine.”Jessa let