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“That's what I imagined too, to be honest.”
He glanced at me and I knew what question was coming next.
“What about you?” he asked. “Do you plan to go to auction and bond with an alpha?”
My parents had been pushing me for an answer to that very question lately and I had finally come to a decision so I readied myself to tell Latif.
“I've been considering what to do for a long time,” I admitted. “Truthfully, I don't think that life suits me... I am planning to become a priest.”
Latif paused, looking at me.
“I support any decision you make,” he told me. “You would be an asset to an omega temple... but you would also be wonderful at anything you do.”
I chuckled.
“Please.”
“I mean it,” he argued. “If you chose to remain unmated and worked with the council on the Free Omega Program with me, you would be invaluable. And if you chose to find your love and have a family, you would have the luckiest children on the planet.”
I warmed all the way through, reaching out and giving Latif a half-hug.
“Thank you,” I said.
I didn't think of having children often. Once in a new moon I wondered what it would be like. I liked them, but I didn’t think it would be for me. I would spend all of my time worrying. Plus, children came with alphas.
“Perhaps I can tutor children through the temple in the future,” I mused.
At least then I could play with children without having an alpha on my back.
“That is a great idea,” Latif said.
He walked me back toward my house but paused before leaving the omega path.
“Thank you for listening to me,” he said. “You have always been such a good friend... just a friend, unlike what Addy believes.”
I frowned, not understanding for a moment and then my eyes widened dramatically.
“He thinks that?—”
I couldn’t bring myself to finish that statement.
“He implied that we omegas sleep with each other. I know he was only trying to be cruel, but he said that me and you did it.”
I shook my head.
“That doesn't sound like Addy,” I said, disappointed.
Latif shrugged.
“He shocked me,” he admitted.
We continued our walk and at my house, he gave me a hug and bid me goodnight, but I knew I would not be sleeping well tonight.
It wasn't like Addy to be so hurtful. I had known him as long as I had known Latif, and they had always bickered as siblings do, but he had never actually been cruel.
Addy had always had a bright, boyish charm. He was eager to talk, eager to please, and his smile... he had the brightest, happiest smile I had ever seen. One look from those lively orange eyes and my mood would lift all the way up into the sky.
Addy was sunshine. He ws light. A breath of fresh air. A glass of cold water.
