At the age of sixteen, Sous was sent to her hearing where she found out her sentence was twenty years. She returned back to her cave disappointed but was soon ushered into the meeting hall, for she had a guest.
She sat at a stale gray table and waited for her guest to arrive, unsure of who they were. When she was told to stand and bow, she saw her guest was a sixteen year old Zan who held an infant in his arms.
Sous smiled, the first she had while locked away. Zan walked to her and handed Sous her baby. She sat down in her chair, looking at him, seeing how adorable he was.
His little fingers grasped hers and she nearly melted in her seat. Late Jacob was right...this was the best thing to ever happen to her.
"A male Omega, very healthy, like I knew he would be," he said. Sous looked at Zan, she saw his mannerisms were more submissive such as the way he sat, his voice, his eyes.
"You have an Alpha?"
"I do, yes," he answered.
Sous looked down at the baby, easily able to smell his scent and know he was an Omega.
"I won't be able to visit again, Sous. She's not gonna let me," he told her.
Sous found herself about to cry, a horse in her throat. She swallowed and blinked the tears away. But when she looked down at her son, all of her emotions spilled out, even onto his face, making him twitch in his wrapped blanket.
Zan got up and took the baby from her, allowing Sous to wipe her eyes and sniff. She kept her head down, ashamed and angry.
She composed herself and asked,"What's his name?"
Zan gave a small smile,"Randali."
Sous and Zan agreed they would write to one another as time went on. That he would send pictures and even videos if he could per security protocol.
Sous sat in her cave and looked through mail she got from family and friends. She noticed Tany hadn't written her back. Sous had asked to see their daughter but Tany hadn't been answering her letters.
The Alpha sat back, leaning on the wall of the cave. There wasn't anything she could do about that but hope she would come around.
At the age of fifteen, Kara had gone home from break and was laying on a blanket in a park at night with Zhiliary by herside. The two looked up at the stars and were guessing if they could tell which constellations were what.
It was strange for Kara because she never saw herself liking Zhiliary but as she continued to spend time with the young woman, she was growing more fond of her.
She looked at the Alpha from her profile and gave her a small smile while she placed her hand softly on Zhiliary's face. She was a handsome woman. Her hand trailed down to the Alpha's neck, and too her chest then to her stomach.
Even when she wasn't in heat...she had the strongest desire to mate. This was how it was for Omegas when they came across a powerful Alpha...they would want to mate.
Zhiliary didn't dare look at Kara, knowing what it would do to her. Instead, she took Kara into her arms and allowed the Omega to lay on her chest.
"I was worried that you were never forgive me for hitting you back then," she said to the Omega.
"I'm surprised by a lot things myself but Zhiliary..."
"Hmm..."
How could she tell her that she wanted to mate with her right now, that she wanted to get pregnant and bore this child to this Alpha. It was insatiable.
It would hurt though for the Omega. Zhiliary would grow and penetrate her, and it would hurt. That's what her friends said, the books, the videos...then there was rut and knotting which was also said to be painful for the Omega.
She turned and laid on her stomach. Maybe she wasn't ready yet. Maybe when she was sixteen. She already had the pills...she wasn't sure, but now she was confident that she was going to be okay without Sous.
Derrick was given his own apartment by Doureena and was raising his two month old daughter by himself.
Ding, dong!
He went to the door to find his sire standing on his porch with a female Alpha. Doureena stepped inside and pointed to the woman. "Derrick, this is Riley. Your Alpha I chosen for you."
Derrick looked at the Alpha. She stood tall and seemed kind with her eyes. He liked her hair and found she was pretty, but it wasn't something he wanted.
"She'll be moving in at the end of the week. I'll, uh, let you two get acquainted." Doureena left the two in the apartment, closing the door behind her.
Riley swung her arms, a bit awkward, not knowing what to say. "Um," she started. "So you just turned seventeen?" Derrick didn't say anything. The baby started crying and he excused himself to take care of her. Riley walked to the couch and sat down, waiting.
When Derrick came back, he sat on the other end of the couch. Not too close to her. Her palms were sweaty because she was drying them on her jeans.
"I'm nervous," she said.
Derrick shook his head, hating Doureena did this and hating himself for never having confronted Doureena on what really happened to Jacob.
"I don't feel comfortable mating with you until you at least turn eighteen," she said. "My father is from a pack where they mate young. He got pregnant with me when he was just fourteen." She tried to laugh it off. "People think we're brother and sister." She kept her head down low and played with her hands, picking at her nails that were short and to the skin.
The two of them just sat there on the couch with neither saying anything. Both in their own thoughts. It was the baby that started crying that shook them from their own minds.
Derrick got up to tend to her, "Can I help?" Riley asked. It was an unexpected question but Derrick nodded his head at the Alpha.
There was no more Omegress. Monica was asked to step down from her position once it was found out she was part witch. This would mean Kara wouldn't be able to become an Omegress either. Doureena was okay with this and made a new compromise, it will only be an Alpha that stood for the pack. The Alpha will no longer have an Omegress by their side.
It made days and evenings rather boring for Monica. Abel was in college, Kara was in school, and Derrick was in his own apartment with a new born baby. So it was just Monica left to herself.
One evening as was watching television, she made it be said that she would write Sous once things started to change. Doureena no longer told her what the pack was planning, but whatever it was, it had to do with all of Canas.