Welcome Adam Charles back -- and an excerpt from the new release, His Omega
Mace wasn’t looking for a mate, but when his alpha makes an
alliance with the nearest pack, an omega intended for Mace is part of the deal.
Mace goes into the relationship wanting nothing more than to please his alpha,
but the omega’s reluctance to commit to the mating right away gives him pause.
He convinces the younger man to give him a chance, and Mace soon discovers that
being with this omega is going to bring him pleasure far beyond simply pleasing
his own alpha.
Excerpt:
Mace walked across
the clearing to Gideon’s cabin when the truck pulled up. Thomas hopped out
right away and moved to Gideon’s side. The two men embraced, and Mace looked
away as he tried to compose his features. The man who had to be Noah got out of
the truck more slowly. He closed his door and turned right away to begin
unloading the bags.
Mace walked over
and helped him. The younger man stopped and looked over at him. Noah had jet
black hair and clear blue eyes. He was fair skinned and trim, but not too
skinny. “I’m Mace.” He stopped and extended his hand.
“Noah. I’m
Thomas’s brother.”
“Yes, I know.”
Mace returned to unloading the bags.
Noah reached for
another bag. “You must be his second.”
“Yes.” When the
truck was unloaded, he asked, “Which bags are yours?”
Noah looked
around. “These three here.”
Mace nodded. “My
cabin is over here.” He picked up all three of Noah’s bags and began walking
over there.
“I’m staying with
you?” Noah asked, as he moved to catch up with Mace.
“Where else would
you stay?”
Noah glanced
around. “Well, I thought we were supposed to get to know each other first.”
Mace didn’t miss a
beat. “There’s a guest room, and it’s ready for you.”
“Oh, I see.”
“I told you he’d
fall for you right away,” Thomas yelled from across the clearing. “Can’t get
you moved in fast enough.”
Noah turned bright
red as the two alphas walked over. Gideon said nothing, but Thomas grinned at
them.
“He was worried
you wouldn’t like him,” Thomas said as he hugged his brother briefly and then
patted him on the back. “I knew it was nonsense. Omega or not, our line’s full
of handsome males.”
Noah cleared his
throat. “I wasn’t worried about my looks. We’re trying to change things,
remember? It’s time matches were phased out.”
Mace didn’t know
what to say. If Noah didn’t want him, Mace would lose his chance to be the one
to raise Gideon’s heirs. He didn’t like that idea. “How about you give me a
chance first?”
Noah’s cheeks
pinkened again. “I meant no offense. I just feel like I’m being hoisted off on
you. I don’t want to put you out.”
Mace felt Gideon
watching him. He moved over to Noah. “I’m not objecting. I’m looking forward to
getting to know such a beautiful male.” Mace wasn’t exactly lying. Noah was
attractive.
“All right,” Noah
said after a few moments of silence.
Mace nodded and
took Noah’s bags inside. Noah followed him to the guest room, looking around as
they moved through the cabin.
“You have a lovely
home,” Noah said.
“Thank you. Were
you still living with your brother in your pack?”
“Yes. In my pack,
omegas stayed with their families until they were old enough to breed. Then
they would move to their own cabins.”
Mace put Noah’s
bags down and looked him over. “You’re more than old enough to breed. Aren’t
you?”
Noah nodded.
“Twenty. But Thomas didn’t want me to just be a breeder. He wanted me to have a
mate. A real family.”
Mace moved closer.
“Lots of omegas will have that in years to come. I think it will be better for
everyone. Omegas will no longer have large broods of children with different
fathers. It’ll be better.” In the confined space, Noah’s scent surrounded him.
He took a deep breath.
Noah turned to
look out the window.
Mace hesitated,
but finally he said, “You’re worried because you’re about to go into heat.
That’s why you wanted to be somewhere else.”
Noah gripped the
window sill. “Yes. I don’t want you to accept me because of that. It’s easy to
think you’re compatible with someone when you’re fucking all the time.”
“Are you a
virgin?”
“No.”
“But no one ever
seeded you?”
Noah turned around
and leaned back against the chest of drawers by the window. “No. There was only
one man. He pulled out and didn’t knot me. We only had sex a few times.”
“You do prefer men
then?”
Noah nodded.
“Do you find me
appealing?”
Noah looked him up
and down. “Yes. You’re handsome. Strong. Your alpha favors you above all
others, so you must be a good man.”
Mace stepped
closer again. “We don’t have to have sex. While you’re in heat the next few
days, I can simply meet your needs.”
“You don’t have
to.”
“I’d prefer it to
you being bedded by another. I want to please my alpha. He desires this.”
“And you?”
Mace chose his
words carefully. “I want children, and I find you appealing. If you’ll accept
me as your mate, I’ll enjoy giving you many pups.”
Noah cast his gaze
down.
“Don’t you want
children?”
“I do.”
“Are you afraid?”
“A little bit.”
Since male omegas
had to give birth via Cesarean, Mace understood. “I’d take good care of you, I
promise.”
Noah looked up at
him. “You seem to have already made your mind up.”
“I’m choosing to
go into this with a positive attitude.”
“To please your
alpha?”
Mace nodded.
Noah gazed up at
him. “He seems like a good man. You must love him very much.”
“Of course.”
Noah shifted his
stance but didn’t break eye contact. “My brother never notices subtle things,
but … I saw you looking at Gideon as you came over.”
Mace walked over
to the bed and sat down. After nearly a minute of silence, he said, “Will it be
a problem? I’ve never acted on it and never will.”
“I don’t want to
be a consolation prize. It’s unfair to both of us.”
“Why don’t we just
try, the way our alphas want us to? Can’t hurt.” He let his gaze wander over
Noah. “I do find you attractive.”
Noah came and sat
beside him but kept some space between them. “But can we start out as friends?”
“You’re about to
go into heat.”
“I can
masturbate.”
Mace leaned over.
“Cabin’s not that big. You might drive me crazy that way.”
“Then maybe I
shouldn’t stay here.”
“No, I want you
here.”
“We’ll end up in
bed together.”
“Then I’ll promise
not to knot you. All right?”
Noah didn’t
respond.
“You want to
please your alpha, too, right? Especially since he’s your brother.”
After a moment,
Noah nodded.
“Then let’s try.
If it turns into something permanent, I’ll be faithful. And take damn good care
of you and our pups.”
“You’ll love us?”
Mace couldn’t make
the lie come out. He settled for saying, “I’ll take care of you. Protect you.
Be good to you.”
Noah stood and
walked a few feet away. “Better than most omegas get, I suppose.”
“That’s all
changing now.” Mace stood as well. “I won’t force you to accept me, but our
alphas want this.”
“You keep saying
that. I’m not saying it’s not important to me as well, but it doesn’t matter so
much if it’s not what we want.”
“Neither of us
know that yet. Don’t set us up to fail.”
Noah frowned. “I’m
not.”
Mace made himself
calm down and back off. Fighting moments after meeting couldn’t be good. “Then
let me give you a tour of our pack lands.”
“That would be
nice.”
Mace grabbed his
keys and held the front door open for Noah. He’d expected the omega to be eager
to please and more than ready to submit to the will of the alphas. But now, it
seemed Mace had some wooing to do.
