mate’s face. Then Dean grinned
and said, “I would have thought you would have been glad to
hand me off to someone else. I know I didn’t make things easy
for you in the beginning.”
“You are a great pack member,” Kane assured him. “And your
work on the cars and bikes you’ve done has made my little
company one of the most in-demand places for custom paint
work. I don’t want to lose you, Dean, or your mate,” he added,
looking at Matthew. Matthew nodded but didn’t feel it was his
place to say anything. This was Dean’s decision and Matthew
would go along with anything that his mate wanted.
“That said,” Shawn broke in, “Given that you haven’t claimed
each other yet, we did think that you might want to know a bit
more about what your position in the pack will mean when
you’re mated, Dean.”
“What do you mean?” Dean said, and Matthew admitted to
himself he was a bit confused as well. Dean was an Omega
wolf, and he would still be an Omega wolf when he was
claimed, unless Matthew had his own pack, in which case, Dean
would be Alpha Mate. But apart from being immune to Alpha
power, Matthew didn’t know of anything else that would
change for his mate. The Alpha immunity was a bonus for
Dean, as far as Matthew could see.
“A long time ago,” Shawn began, “When Omegas were still
allowed to claim their true mates, the pack Alphas found that
their Omegas came into their powers after they had been
claimed.”
“Oh yes, the Alpha power thing,” Dean said with a smile on his
face, sipping his cup of coffee. “But that shouldn’t make any
difference in this pack, surely. It’s not as though anyone
throws their Alpha power around in our pack as it is.”
“And you’re probably the reason for that,” Kane said, looking at
Dean as though he was reconciling something he once knew,
with some newfound information. Dean just look puzzled.
“What Kane means,” Shawn explained. “Is that when there is
an Omega in the pack, even an unclaimed one, the Omega
becomes the heart of the pack. All the testosterone that could
be aimed at each other within a pack, is focused instead on
protecting the heart – the Omega. It’s a subtle effect, and one
that most packs wouldn’t even notice, until the Omega is
gone.”
“Why are the Omegas abused then,” Matthew said his body
tense, and his fists clenched as he thought about what he had
seen in his early life. “I’ve seen it, seen what is done to the
weaker members of a pack, and especially Omega wolves. It’s
barbaric what some Alphas would put their Omegas through.”
Matthew was so agitated, thinking of the few small men and
women he had seen over his time on earth – the abuse they
went through and how soul destroying it was to those gentle
souls. He barely felt Dean slip from his seat and put his arm
around his waist. But he did feel Dean lean on his chest,
smiling at him tentatively. Immediately he felt his anger drain
away and he smiled back, thankful his mate was such a
calming presence. That must be the type of thing Shawn was
talking about. When he looked up he saw the Shifter Guardian
nodding, as if to agree with his thoughts.
“Alphas got things wrong,” Shawn said. “When it was learned
that a claimed Omega wouldn’t submit to an Alpha’s power,
many Alphas saw sexual abuse as a way of diminishing the
Omegas and preventing them finding their fated mates. They
took that immunity as a form of threat to their own ability to
lead the pack. The practice became so commonplace that
virtually all of the packs were doing it, and eventually the Fates
decided that no more Omegas should be born. I think you are a
symbol of the Fate’s hope for a whole new future, Dean.”
When he saw that Dean and Matthew were still wearing their
puzzled faces, Shawn said, “Look a claimed Omega is so much
more than simply what you did with Matthew just now. Once
you are claimed, you Dean would
and said, “I would have thought you would have been glad to
hand me off to someone else. I know I didn’t make things easy
for you in the beginning.”
“You are a great pack member,” Kane assured him. “And your
work on the cars and bikes you’ve done has made my little
company one of the most in-demand places for custom paint
work. I don’t want to lose you, Dean, or your mate,” he added,
looking at Matthew. Matthew nodded but didn’t feel it was his
place to say anything. This was Dean’s decision and Matthew
would go along with anything that his mate wanted.
“That said,” Shawn broke in, “Given that you haven’t claimed
each other yet, we did think that you might want to know a bit
more about what your position in the pack will mean when
you’re mated, Dean.”
“What do you mean?” Dean said, and Matthew admitted to
himself he was a bit confused as well. Dean was an Omega
wolf, and he would still be an Omega wolf when he was
claimed, unless Matthew had his own pack, in which case, Dean
would be Alpha Mate. But apart from being immune to Alpha
power, Matthew didn’t know of anything else that would
change for his mate. The Alpha immunity was a bonus for
Dean, as far as Matthew could see.
“A long time ago,” Shawn began, “When Omegas were still
allowed to claim their true mates, the pack Alphas found that
their Omegas came into their powers after they had been
claimed.”
“Oh yes, the Alpha power thing,” Dean said with a smile on his
face, sipping his cup of coffee. “But that shouldn’t make any
difference in this pack, surely. It’s not as though anyone
throws their Alpha power around in our pack as it is.”
“And you’re probably the reason for that,” Kane said, looking at
Dean as though he was reconciling something he once knew,
with some newfound information. Dean just look puzzled.
“What Kane means,” Shawn explained. “Is that when there is
an Omega in the pack, even an unclaimed one, the Omega
becomes the heart of the pack. All the testosterone that could
be aimed at each other within a pack, is focused instead on
protecting the heart – the Omega. It’s a subtle effect, and one
that most packs wouldn’t even notice, until the Omega is
gone.”
“Why are the Omegas abused then,” Matthew said his body
tense, and his fists clenched as he thought about what he had
seen in his early life. “I’ve seen it, seen what is done to the
weaker members of a pack, and especially Omega wolves. It’s
barbaric what some Alphas would put their Omegas through.”
Matthew was so agitated, thinking of the few small men and
women he had seen over his time on earth – the abuse they
went through and how soul destroying it was to those gentle
souls. He barely felt Dean slip from his seat and put his arm
around his waist. But he did feel Dean lean on his chest,
smiling at him tentatively. Immediately he felt his anger drain
away and he smiled back, thankful his mate was such a
calming presence. That must be the type of thing Shawn was
talking about. When he looked up he saw the Shifter Guardian
nodding, as if to agree with his thoughts.
“Alphas got things wrong,” Shawn said. “When it was learned
that a claimed Omega wouldn’t submit to an Alpha’s power,
many Alphas saw sexual abuse as a way of diminishing the
Omegas and preventing them finding their fated mates. They
took that immunity as a form of threat to their own ability to
lead the pack. The practice became so commonplace that
virtually all of the packs were doing it, and eventually the Fates
decided that no more Omegas should be born. I think you are a
symbol of the Fate’s hope for a whole new future, Dean.”
When he saw that Dean and Matthew were still wearing their
puzzled faces, Shawn said, “Look a claimed Omega is so much
more than simply what you did with Matthew just now. Once
you are claimed, you Dean would
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