ere--deep bruises on his hips, a bite mark throbbing on his neck, and a raw soreness between his legs that

is a bea

the room, but they smell far cal

ck shirt and trousers, scrolling through his phone. The t

he reaches for his discarded hoodi

, eyes tracing Julian's marked neck and the way he limp

pulling his jeans back

ur number. I'll call you over whe

memory of Enzo's brutal thrusts, the knot swelling inside him, the w

he's doing

"No. We had a deal.

eyes digging at him. "You took the money. You took my knot. Don't preten

ds his ground, shifting back and p

s the wads of cash anyway--survival over pride--and shoves it into his pocket. And before Enz

e elevator, ankle still swollen from the night

nto the bright Los Angeles morning. Horns blare on the str

in. "Main market. Fast." The driver eyes the bruises on his

riend at the market, he can hide there till the search s

s the

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e closed door. The calm in his blood still hums-- unusual but addic

ing to him, and he wa

lanning his next move, when a k

neasy-- the kind of expression

The Omega the father-in-debt sold us, the one we were sup

this?" He flicks them off, "I don't care about

you'd like that one, though. Young, untouched with a pretty

he pulls out his phone and swipes to a

er's shop, hood down, resentment in his eyes. His calm, almost unnot

owned hi

hed cheeks he'd pressed his lips against last night. The sa

just walked out of this

actly why the boy w

umber. Nothing real. He hadn't been shy– he knew exactly who En

zo's face, slow and dangerous.

o worrying obsessiveness."That's him,"

ken aback. "What

very shitty motel in this city. Check cameras. Force his father

just some runaway Omeg

. This one is mine! Bring him to me breathing. I don't care what

e, already pulling out their

the sprawling city below. That boy is out there, limping

no idea wha

tails. Double the bounty. Anonymous tip line. Description: Twenty one, mal

cold anticipation. Last night was only the

it again, will

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to a crowded market, pulling his hood low. He sees cars in the dis

at the end of the block