THE ALPHA’S DEBT
I passed a group of young omegas laughing near a theater, their energy vibrant and free.
I stopped, staring blankly. I was six years younger than Andrew. I had pushed myself to the limit to catch up to him, mastering the traditional war-dance of our people by fifteen. I graduated early, but when the masters offered me a place in the Great Archives, I declined.
For four years, I had done nothing but wait for Andrew Wolfe to look at me. I had clung to the hollow shell of a mating bond, day after day, year after year. Now, at twenty-two, I felt like an old soul whose fire had been extinguished.
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