Page 11 of Lethal Alpha
Huh?
What’s going on here?
The pheromones at the table are all getting mixed together and messing with my head.
I feel like something big is happening, I’m just not clear what it is exactly.It’s like I’m missing something, some key piece of information.
“Riley, would you like something to drink?”Mathew’s anger seems to have disappeared as he looks up to catch the attention of one of the servers.
“Yes, thank you.”I glance around the table, trying to figure out what choice would be the appropriate one, when I notice that both Jorge and Caleb are drinking wine but Mathew and Vera are drinking water.
Mathew catches my look and smiles.“Moral support.This lovely creature here can’t drink for the next nine months, and I didn’t want her to feel like the odd one out.”He slides his hand up her shoulder and she leans into his touch.If she could purr, she would, as her pheromones are filled with bliss.
Oh, that’s interesting.“I don’t want to be rude, but are you pregnant by any chance?”
Her face flushes as she nods, making me crave to reach out to her and feel how warm her skin gets.“Hopefully.”
“Congratulations.”
“Thank you.”She smiles brightly and when she looks at me, it’s hard not to reach out and touch her.She must notice something because she carefully touches my hand, sending electricity through my body and nearly frying my brain.
How can I react this strongly to someone I only met moments ago?
I want to nuzzle her neck, take in her pheromones as much as possible, touch her all over and hold her tightly against me.
Is this what it feels like to meet your scent matched Omega?It’s overwhelming but feels good too.
Something seems to come through the haze, an awareness, though I can’t describe what it is exactly.
I glance up at Mathew and the sadness and longing in his gaze as he looks at the way Vera touches me makes my heart ache.It makes me wish I could take him in my arms and comfort him.
What’s going on?
Why would Mathew look like that?It isn’t jealousy at Vera touching me, it’s… It’s aboutme!
It’s like he wishes he could touch me like she’s doing.
Why would an Alpha look like that?
And why would I want to comfort him?
Why would I instinctively want to comfort another Alpha like that?
Something isn’t adding up here.
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Vera
The situationat the table is getting strange and I don’t really know what to do.
The moment Riley walked into the restaurant, I immediately noticed her.It was like there were massive arrows pointing at her, screaming ‘This one!Pick this one!’.
After the initial introductions seemed to go fine, things got weird when Riley said that she’d known Jorge for years.
If she did, why was Mathew unaware of her?
Jorge must know that she’s a scent match, so why did he never tell Mathew about her?
