Afraid? Yes, he was afraid. First, Shiloh was an omega, and second, no one knew about it. Of course, Shiloh had every right to be afraid—afraid of something unfamiliar, something he didn’t fully understand yet. He looked away and clutched the blanket tightly, as if it could somehow shield him from everything he was feeling.
"I'm taking that silence as a yes," Archer said, his voice calm but firm. Shiloh swallowed before speaking.
"Why me? You can get any omega you want… but why me?" he asked, his voice quieter now, filled with confusion and doubt.
Archer fell silent for a moment, thinking. But how could he even begin to explain something he himself didn’t fully understand? How could he tell his own heart to stop wanting the one person it had been drawn to from the very beginning?
"Bec
