Episode 2

"Emrys, you lazy pig." Florin mocked from behind the couch, where he was sitting, scrolling on his phone.

"Shut up, you're not much better from me." I mocked back.

"Stop it you two!" Darwin had enough of our bickering for the day, even though it was still just morning.

"Sorry, brother, but he's so annoying."

"Yeah, yeah, you better turn out to be a dominant omega today, so we won't have to see you again."

My heart tightened. I knew his words weren't meant to be mean, because he always laughed at me, saying I won't be nothing more than a beta.

I knew he didn't know what I knew, he was mocking me, trying to annoy me, he was my little brother.

"He didn't mean it like that, Emrys, calm down."

Darwin saw my distress and tried to calm me down.

"I know." I said blankly.

"I meant what I said." Florin scoffed.

"Florin, stop it! You're scaring your brother!" Darwin raised his voice.

"So what? I would kill to be a dominant omega, living in a palace." He smiled as he turned on his stomach and stared at me and Darwin.

"It's nothing good to be a dominant omega, or omega at all." I said, looking down on my feet.

"Yeah, sure, sure."

He still didn't know what it meant to become an omega overnight, to be taken away from the things you knew. He was still just a child. A 14 year old kid.

"He's probably beta, anyway, omegas or alphas usually show symptoms around their 15 years."

Florin said casually.

He was right, Darwin, who is a recessive alpha, showed symptoms of pheromones around the age of 15-16. He started sensing pheromones and emitted his own.

Omegas had similar symptoms, they just went through heat, whereas alphas had ruts.

"Florin's right, no need to worry, Emrys." Darwin reassured me.

But I knew something he didn't.

Maybe I should tell them, maybe I can't mask that I'm an omega, maybe I'll never see them again after this, but I won't just let them take me away, I'll fight, I'll run.

"Actually..." I started.

"Hmm?" Darwin looked at me as he got up from the couch he was sitting on, next to me.

"What, do you want to tell us you're actually omega and have been hiding this the whole time?" Florin laughed, amused.

Darwin chuckled.

I didn't.

Darwin stopped, his eyes narrowed.

"What do you want to say, Emrys?"

"Come on, Darwin, he's making fun of us." Florin said calmly.

"Right?" He added, when he saw my face didn't change at all.

My eyes teared up.

Sniff...

"Emrys?" Darwin came closer, his hands tightening on my shoulders.

"What's happening?"

"Emrys...are you for real?" Florin's voice trembled now.

"I'm sorry..." My voice came out soft, shallow.

Darwin's eyes widened. Florin gasped.

"Well...even if you're an omega, we're going to make it, we'll buy you suppressants and..."

"My eyes changed..." I said quietly, before he could say any more.

Darwin went quiet, his body stiffened.

"Your eyes...changed?" Florin repeated.

"I use lenses..."

Sniff.

Florin rushed to me and made me look up.

"Take them out, now!" his voice was scared, his eyes were wide.

I stepped back into the bathroom to wet my hands and take out the lenses.

When I came out they were out, my red eyes shone through.

Gasp.

Florin put a hand before his mouth.

"They are...red."

"But you can cover them! You can say you didn't change on anything, that...that...hic."

Florin started sobbing. Darwin patted his back.

And I?

I just looked down. They had monitors, machines for detecting the secondary genders. I can't fool the system.

"How did you make it without heat?"

Darwin asked, his voice hard.

"I took normal suppressants..." I answered him truthfully.

"I see..." He nodded.

"What now?" I asked.

"..." Darwin stayed quiet, he didn't know what to do now.

He didn't know if I was gonna be taken away, but he knew he couldn't protect me from it.

To be continued.

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