Carly looked between the twins serenely. Tendrils of her powers coursed through each of them making them shudder identically. Carly could sure pack a punch if she wanted to. Together the twins could be quite formidable but Kira doubted that both of them were a patch on Carly.
Carly sent waves of calm to them.
“Wow!” Breathed Lilah, she was so relaxed from the strong Omega she felt like she might just melt into a puddle. “You’re really strong.”
Carly beamed at them. “Just practiced. I’ve known I was an Omega since I was 5.”
Kira looked at her incredulously. “You mean you were an Omega before you actually had your first shift?”
Wolves tended to shift for the first time at about age 13; although in truth it could happen between ages 11 to 16. Omegas generally didn’t develop until at least a year after their first shift and sometimes it took as long as ten years after. Carly was unusual to say the least.
Carly waved her hand dismissively. “It’s not that big of a deal. My mom was an Omega, so was my grandma and my great-grandma. It’s kind of like a family tradition. I don’t think there was ever any doubt that I’d be one too.” Carly blanked out the anger her father had felt, he hadn’t been proud of his weak, Omega daughter. No, she didn’t want to think about that now.
“When did you two discover you were Omegas?”
“When we were 14.” Replied Lilah.
“Yep, it made high school a real blast.” Said Kira sourly thinking of the aggressive females from her childhood pack. Bitches.
Carly arched an eyebrow. “I don’t think you’ll ever find an Omega who hasn’t got some sad stories about high school. We’ve all been there.”
Lilah rolled her eyes. “It wasn’t that bad.”
Kira huffed. “Yeah because you were considered the hot twin. You were dating a bear shifter who was the captain of the football team. They left you alone and went for me instead!”
“She’s being overly dramatic. We knew what to expect, our father is actually an Omega too.”
Carly’s eyes lit up with interest. “Really? I’ve never met a male Omega. Is your mother a wolf too?”
“Nah, she’s a witch.” Said Lilah proudly. “We’ve got two younger sisters who are witches too.”
Kira snorted. “I don’t think our dad would have survived being married to a she-wolf, he’s a bit too easygoing.”
Carly fidgeted with her hands. “You’re probably right, Omegas are better off sticking to other Omegas or humans.”
Sadness flickered over Carly’s face. Kira tried to unobtrusively search her emotions but Carly was too strong and easily repelled her.
Truthfully Kira was a little put out by Carly’s comment. Her wolf was grumbling. Gabe was a wolf, and he had been nothing but sweet to her, apart from last night... but he explained that. Would she really be better off without him?
Carly clapped her hands together making Kira jump out of her reverie. “So why don’t we start with a few exercises to try and get the juices flowing?”
Chapter Eight
27th November
After work Kira clambered into Gabe’s car and muttered a strained hello. She was exhausted. For two days in a row she had been suffering through Carly’s visits before heading off to work at the Diner.
The things Carly wanted them to do had sounded so reasonable at the time, but after an hour of Carly’s ‘exercises’ she was convinced that the little Omega would have been right at home running a forced labor camp. She’d never felt so emotionally drained! And worse yet Carly was threatening to come back and train them every day until their powers fully returned.
Grudgingly she knew Carly was just trying to help them. And she was also very aware that the Alpha wanted to ensure that both she and her twin had control over their abilities. Adam was relying on Carly to test them and make sure that was true, if they couldn’t prove they had control… there was always the possibility that Adam might kick them out. Then they’d be really screwed.
Gabe’s concern wafted to her as he drove. “Are you alright?”
Kira tried smiling but her whole head actually hurt. “I’m fine really. Your Omega’s been putting me through my paces. She looks all sweet and innocent but when you strip her down to her Omega powers she can be…”
“A tiny dictator?” Supplied Gabe.
“Exactly! Not that I’m complaining…”
Gabe raised his eyebrows.
“Okay maybe I’m complaining a little! It’s the only fun I get right now.”
Gabe cleared his throat. “Well maybe I could change that…”