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“Yeah, don’t worry,” I said, tracing a finger around my expensive oakwood desk. “What time should my pack and I be at your house?”
“Six sharp,” he said.
“Alright,” I said. After hanging up, I let out a long sigh, wondering what I had agreed to. I made a promise, and now it was time to uphold that promise to Benjamin, to who we owed all our success. Without Ben coming into our lives to lend a helping hand with his influence and resources, we would have still been struggling.
“Rufus, Davy,”I called out as they were eating lunch at the construction site with the other workers.
I needed to tell them the news about the omega we were going to meet today.
“Yo,” said Rufus, setting down his sandwich and wiping his long brown beard. “As you can tell, I’m in the middle of eating.”
“Bring your sandwiches. I need to talk to both of you outside,” I said, standing in the large air-conditioned room we designated as the break room. My pack, along with hired alphas and betas, built the best houses for families here in El Paso.
Davy nodded and deftly picked up his food to join meoutside. His bright red hair was dull from the dust accumulated during construction work.
“Is it a new project?” asked Davy eagerly. He was always quick to follow orders from me. Rufus joined us, and we stood in a circle outside the building’s glass door.
“No, Davy,” I said grimly. This would change the course of our pack, having an omega at last. It would cement our pack and test everyone’s loyalty. “I have something to tell you both.”
“Go ahead. Spit it out,” grunted Rufus, taking another big bite of his sandwich. “You’re taking your sweet time there.”
“I need you both to get cleaned up for dinner tonight,” I announced. “Tonight, we’ll meet Ruby at last.”
“Oh fuck,” said Rufus excitedly as he tugged his beard. “I need to take a shower and find something nice to wear.”
“Oh wow,” said Davy with an uncertain look in his eyes. Due to his shy nature, he didn’t trust easily and had often been taken advantage of in the past. “Hopefully, she’s looking forward to meeting us. What do you think?”
“I made a pact with her father that we would take her as our omega,” I said. It was all clear-cut to me. No feelings involved. “She’s going to be ours, and we will have children with her. There’s not much to it.”
“Damn, you’re cold,” laughed Rufus. “It’s not that simple.”
“I’m sure it won’t be a problem,” I said. “We need to be at the house by six, so get ready.”
Ruby
I couldn’t findanything to wear as I sifted through the clothes in my closet. I held up a pair of jeans.
“You definitely can’t wear that,” said my best friend Carmen, who was sitting on my bed with a book in her hand. She wastwenty-two, wore a nose ring despite her mother’s disapproval, and had been rejected by an alpha two years ago.
“I don’t care about them, though,” I huffed as another wave of dread settled in my belly. Today was the day I was going to meet the Crawford Pack, and I was nervous even though I tried to hide it.
“You’ve never met them before,” said Carmen, as she fixed her shoulder-length curly black hair using my brush.
“It doesn’t matter, I’m not ready.”
“What if the pack leader’s hot?”
“Looks don’t matter to me,” I said. “He needs to be kind and patient, just like Jasper is with me. I want him to be an alpha of his word and just be a decent guy. That’s all. Am I asking for much?”
“You need to ask for more,” laughed Carmen, dropping my brush down with a clatter on my vanity. “Ooh yes, that’s the dress!”
I was holding up a silk dark blue dress. It was long and simple with no sleeves and had a few gems running down the sides.
“Aren’t you supposed to be reading your book and not paying attention?” I muttered as I held it up. I hadn’t worn it before, and it still had a price tag on it.
“Oh, hush,” she said with awe as I held it up to the light.
“Fine, I’ll wear it,” I said, grinning. Even though I wanted to ditch today’s dinner, I couldn’t stop the tiny flutter of hope that I would possibly fall in love again. But the thought of never seeing Jasper again made my heart ache.
