The Alpha, The Beta, and The Omega

Thoughts

Kathrine

"How do you manage to get an Alpha and a Beta to want to claim you as their mate? And don't you lie to us, young lady?" Dad asked when he was back from escorting the hot men out of our humble abode.

By humble I meant what one might classify our family home between a relic and a struggle of never-ending historical restoration with very limited funds.

"I was out with Sage and Augie when we bumped into them. When they say they wanted to claim me saying that we are mates, I thought I'd bring them to you for your guidance."

Okay, I didn't think I could lie that well but I was proud of myself for thinking on my feet. Besides I didn't lie, I did what Tristan said he would. I skirt around the truth.

"I'm not even going to ask." Dad looked disappointed...damn, okay maybe I was not a good liar after all.

"Kathrine, as your father I'm going to give you the facts and not some dreamy fairytale they put in your head. You're an Omega, you have a whole future ahead of you. A family, a chance to settle down and raise your future kids. A chance to be loved by your choice of Alpha. Someone who is best suited for you in the long run."

Dad tried to be subtle, but it hit perfectly in my brain. Equal. Of course, the two Mr. Money bags aren't my equal. Mom and Dad had talked about this with me and my sisters. About our future Alpha, our future family. I know they meant well, so at that time I listened. We're poor and my parents taught us to acknowledge our place in society. In their minds, the kind of mate Reeves and Tristan were saying was the way of the old times. It was no longer applicable. After the Great War, everything had changed.

We were no longer the beings we once were, our wolves were repressed, and our way of life was altered drastically. We barely live in packs to avoid the government's scrutiny to further mess with us.

On the inside, I feel so confused with the need to defend my men. But I realized, realistically Dad was right. I've been taught growing up that we were on our own. I've heard my uncle seek help from their friends only to be rejected cause they were not equals any longer. I've seen how dejected Uncle Joel saying their lineage was only good at producing Omegas and nothing else. Not when he and Aunt Petra have three young Omega daughters of their own.

We were breeding machines, barely loved as who we were. Dad and Uncle Joel were a different breed of Alphas. Dad loved Mom, just like Uncle Joel loved Aunt Petra. Dad and Uncle Joel defended their family and decided to let their friends cut ties with them. In the eyes of society, an Alpha loving their Omega is a red flag. Dad told me it was forbidden after the Great War. According to them every Alpha who was in love with their Omegas will produce weak Alphas.

Well, Dad and Uncle Joel didn't care. They loved their Omega wives and cherished the ground they walked on. Even when they were forced to live in poverty, they still cherished their other halves. But looking at their happiness and our surroundings, that night I feel the chill creeping down my spine.

"Your Alpha and Beta may lust for you, they may want to claim you, but do you think you'll be happy with them? With someone who may not be your equal? With someone who was taught that loving an Omega will produce a weak Alpha heir?" Dad asked before more questions started to make me wonder.

Will I be happy with someone who might not love me?

I didn't answer my Dad. Instead, I stayed quiet. I let my parents' words settle in my mind.

"But I heard my wolf, she wanted them. I never hear her. Never."

"Kath, maybe your heat is playing with your mind. Why don't you go back to your room and rest? We'll talk again in the morning."

"Okay," I reluctantly agreed. I was not sleepy. I was damn curious. But I was not going to upset my mom more than she had already been.

I've just closed the door behind me when my phone lights up with an incoming call. It was my Bestie Sage, I felt bad for not touching base with her after I got home.

"Hey, Sage,"

"b***h, don't hey Sage me," I could hear her snarky tone making me smile. "Tell me how the hell did you manage to snag the two sexiest men in the club? Did you take them home to your parents? What are their intentions?"

"Sage, honestly I don't know how...look, can we not talk about it when my parents just sent me to bed like a little kid." I huffed in annoyance and I could hear Sage sigh from the other line.

"They talked to your parents? What do they want? Wait...wait, don't tell me...fuck, did one of them wants to claim you?"

"Booth actually," another sighed passed my lips.

"What the F? b***h! Don't keep stuff from me or I'll call Augie and get him to make you tell every little detail. You know you're my best friend and I love you, but I need to know this kind of stuff!"

"Breathe Sage, breathe..." I paused just to stop her from talking before I started telling her about what happened.

"I'm still breathing, now spill,"

"Okay, so Reeve the Alpha, and his buddy Tristan the Beta said that I'm their mate and they wanted to claim me with the mating ceremony," I paused when Sage audibly gasped from the other line.

"Mating ceremony? The mating ceremony that hadn't been done in decades? Um... Kathrine, are you sure? You do know what will happen right?"

"Of course I do, it'd be scary. I am a virgin. I've never been with a man and if what we learned in from our omega history education is as true as the real thing, then being claimed by two men while being watched by the elders is not something I am looking forward to. I don't have any exhibitionist urges flowing through my veins."

"s**t, did you say two men? As in both are seriously going to claim you as theirs? Damn woman, leave something for the rest of us, will you?" Sage giggled but then was silenced when the thought of performing the intimacy act caught up to her brain.

"f**k, you're seriously considering this aren't you?"

"Damn it, Sage, you have no idea. Some parts of me think that this is my lust, the last remnants of my heat are playing with my head. Dad suggested the same thing to me. He told me to cool off and go to sleep. He sent Reeve and Tristan back to talk to the elders. I have no idea what's going on and now curious as hell. Sleep will be the last thing on my mind."

"Do you want me to take your mind off things and talk about Garth the hunk who took Augie and me home? I will tell you about how shamelessly our beta bestie, Augie, flirts with the guy." Her little tattle tale made me laugh instantly. I know our Augie and I know exactly how shameless he could be.

"Tell me he's not drunk?"

There was a shrill of giggles coming from the other line before Sage told me that he was definitely tipsy while saying the lewdest suggestions and throwing himself at the big sexy of beta. I wish I could remember what Garth looked like, but I couldn't remember his face. However, I do remember exactly how Reeve's grey eyes and tattoos made my knees weak and how Tristan's long hair and striking blue eyes made my heart beat a little bit faster.

"Kitty-kat, are you asleep?"

"No...no I'm not, tell me more,"

"Well, I know Augie will invite me to play with Garth when we see him again,"

"Ugh...TMI, seriously, you and Augie should just go ahead and get hitch instead of swinging sideways hitting on every hunky beta you met. That man adores you, he'd do anything for you, you know that right?"

"I know, I know...and you know how I feel about kids,"

Ever since her Alpha father abandoned her, Sage was scared. She told me that she didn't want to have kids. Though I told her that her Omega body might not agree, in these modern days, the choice was going to be up to her. With her Alpha father out of the picture and her Omega mom settled down with the nicest Beta, Sage had been spending her adult life surrounding herself with Betas.

Being with a Beta means safety for Omega since they could never pop a knot and breed us. Betas have always been the working bees and s****l creatures, while the Omegas' sole purpose has always been to breed. Betas are free to advance their career or play the field. While Alphas act as leaders in our society, supposedly to protect our kind and obviously to breed Omegas.

Though seeing Reeve and Tristan together, I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something more between them. Maybe because they're best friends, but the way they looked at each other shows me that they meant more to each other. The Alpha-Beta relationship between them seemed more intimate, maybe this was also why they both wanted to claim me.

Long after I ended the call with Sage, my mind started wandering. I kept thinking about how both of them said that they were going to claim me.

Will I be that lucky and get both worlds? An heir from an Alpha and care from the Beta?