The Omega's Awakening

Chapter 6 - More Revelations

Wyatt

Oh, Brenda, she is too cute when she is thinking really hard. I should say Katelyn instead. I know she gave us a fake name when she first got here. We have given her so many hints to try to slowly let her know we have special abilities.

As the alpha of the pack, even though my second gender is beta, I can see people’s abilities. My father, who was the former alpha, has the ability too. We have passed it from each generation to the next one. Other members of the pack have special abilities too.

Everyone in our pack has the ability to see into other people’s minds and see their thoughts. We still don’t understand how we have formed this ability, but it is also one reason we have secretly hidden ourselves for many generations.

According to our elders, other packs learned of our abilities and tried to use them for their benefit. It didn’t take long for us to run in order to save ourselves. Plus, it took us a long time to feel comfortable again and to rebuild our pack, but we did.

There weren’t many who survived, maybe 50, but those few were able to find our current location. Through the years, our ancestors mingled with the humans once they learned how to hide their scent. We started out slowly, but over time, we have formed some of the largest companies in the country, and we have become rather wealthy.

Some people will think we have used our powers to make us successful, but it isn’t true. Instead, we used our business knowledge and our own brains to get ahead in the world of humans. All the while, no one knowing our secrets.

One thing our ancestors wanted to improve on is our education. Instead of only a few pack members having the privilege of going to college, they have wanted all of us to benefit from advanced learning.

Since my family owns the college, I can easily get Katelyn admitted into the school, even without her transcripts from her previous college.

But, I won’t tell her or that I’m able to get her transcripts with no one knowing. Well, technically, there is someone who knows, because they are the person who gave me the information, but they won’t say anything to anyone. After all, they are one of my pack members.

A soft chuckle escapes my mouth as I continue to look at Katelyn’s confused face. I guess it is about time I should solve a few of her questions, but first I need to know what she is feeling about our pack.

I lean back in my chair and chime, “Okay. Stop thinking about it. You are too cute when you are confused. I’ll first let you know I actually have all your transcripts from your previous university, and before you ask, I didn’t hack the system. Well, I could have, but I don’t need to. One of our pack members works in the administration office there and he secretly gave me the information. So, you can relax. Your father won’t find out where you are at.”

Another soft chuckle escapes from my mouth. Oh, I could sit here all day and just watch her facial expressions change like this.

Her confused look is now gone and is replaced with sheer surprise and maybe a little shock. The cute creases along her forehead make her look so adorable, but it is when she smiles and flashes those amazing dimples I can’t help but to smile too.

I lean forward in my chair and rest my arms on my desk, while I lightly tap my finger on the top of my desk. “Katelyn, before I tell you anything else, I need to know what you are thinking about joining our pack. You have been here for a month. I think it is about time for you to decide.”

Her face once again morphed into one of sadness and longing. I can’t help myself as I peek into her mind and find her thinking about her family and her best friend, Bridget. In addition, I see she can sense Bridget is heading towards us.

I softly add, “Bridget will be welcomed too when she gets here.”

Katelyn instantly whips her eyes up and on me. The crease along her forehead is back.

Once again, I have confused her. I’m still amazed she hasn’t figured it out already. Well, I guess it isn’t every day you run across a pack who can read people’s mind.

I quickly add, “I have mind linked with Gus, and I have told him to look out for her. I have a feeling she will be on a bus soon, if not already, heading this direction.”

Katelyn’s crease on her forehead slowly fades as she nods. “Yes. Don’t ask me how, but I can sense she is heading in this direction.”

I nod my head. “That is her ability. She can sense where people are at, which also is a reason why she will be welcomed here with open arms even without you being here.”

She tilts her head. “Are you going to tell me how you know all this? I have never told you any of it.”

I point to her. “You, first. Do you want to be enrolled at our local university this next semester? And become a part of our pack? Those two go hand in hand. If you want to go back to school to learn something you want, then you have to join the pack. I hate to be like this, but it is how I feel.”

She hesitates for a moment.

I fight the urge to look into her mind and see her thoughts.

I don’t want to force her to make the discussion I desire, but I want her to decide on her own.

Slowly, Katelyn nods. “Yes. I want to go back to school, and I will join the pack.”

I couldn’t control myself as I jump up from my seat and dash around my desk and engulf her in a hug. “Yes. Thank you so much, Katelyn. You have made me the happiest person today.”

She wraps her arms around me and hugs me tight. “Thank you for everything, Wyatt. You don’t know what this means to me.”

Oh, I have an idea, but I won’t say anything.

With my arms still tight around her, I add, “We will wait for Bridget to get here to have the ceremony. We don’t want to send her into a panic.”

With Katelyn’s head on my shoulder, she nods. “Thank you.”

Well, one big decision is down. Now, it is time to address the other big choice.

I let go of her and take a small step back. I gently wipe the few tears from her soft cheeks, which I’m hoping are happy tears, as I softly say, “So, what are you going to study at college?”

She slowly brings her watery eyes up to look at me. “I’m going to study medicine instead of business.”

A smile instantly spreads across my face as I nod. Yes. I think she will be better suited to be a doctor than a businesswoman or an accountant or whatever else her old pack had wanted her to be.

I can’t wait to see her in a doctor’s coat. I bet she will look gorgeous.

“I’ll let the university know to process your admission as Brenda into the department of medicine. You just missed this semester, so you will have to wait until the next one, but I think it is for the best. By then, you should have your fighting skills mastered, and I’ll feel safer about letting you go.”

She doesn’t protest and nods her head.

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Bridget

I don’t know how Katelyn has managed to go this far on her own. I’ve been traveling for a couple of days and know I’m going in the right direction, but Katelyn is still rather far away from me.

There aren’t even any werewolves in this part of the country. Well, now that I think about it, it is pretty smart on Katelyn’s part.

Maybe Katelyn is planning on living and blending in with the humans. She should also know she can’t hide her scent. Any werewolf who comes within even a short distance of her will know immediately Katelyn is a werewolf.

I sigh as I sit down on a bench at the bus terminal and then glance down at her watch. The next bus heading in Katelyn’s direction won’t leave for another 45 minutes. This would be a good time to call Beta Malcolm.

I pull my phone out of my pocket and turn it on before I quickly dial Beta Malcolm’s number. Nibbling my lower lip, I hope he isn’t busy right now. I usually call him at night after he has gone home for the day.

This is a little risky doing this right now.

Ring…..ring…..ring…..

Just about when I think I’m going to get the Beta’s voice mail, he answers, “Hey, did you find anything? Is that why you are calling me early?”

I glance around the bus station and then to the parking lot outside the window. “No. I have about 45 minutes before my bus leaves, so I have decided to call you now. I don’t know if I’ll have phone reception as I keep going.”

There are a few seconds of silence before he asks, “Where are you going? Why wouldn’t there be any signal out there?”

I glance down at my bag and absentmindedly play with the zipper. “Well, where I’m going, there aren’t many towns and it is mostly farms and country. If I go all the way to the end, there will be a big city there, and I’ll be fine. I still don’t really know how far I have left to go.”

Beta Malcolm sighs. “I still don’t understand how you know where to go, but I’ll believe in you for now. I’m hoping I’ll have good news soon.”

A small smile spreads across my face. “Me too.”

He doesn’t know I won’t give Katelyn’s location until Katelyn says it is all right and it is safe.

He has bought me a burner phone, which is hard to trace, so he can’t get her location from my phone’s GPS.

He chimes, “I have to go. I stepped out of a meeting to talk to you. I’ll wait for your next call.”

I look out at the buses and mumble, “Bye.”

As soon as the call ends, I turn the phone off again and glance down at my watch. It is only another 35 minutes now before the bus leaves.

As I look back towards the buses, a middle-aged bus driver is standing next to one and is looking at me. A sudden wave of fear washes over me as the bus driver waves and yells, “BRIDGET!”

My heart skips a beat. How does he know my name?