Chapter 63
Ciel
I look at Jack, amused. My old "teacher" once told me that if you did well enough, you could get any alpha wrapped around your finger.
The memory makes me grimace. After I presented as an omega, my father made sure I was "educated." Not in science or literature, but in how to please, how to obey, how to turn myself into something useful.
While other kids were worrying about high school exams, I was being drilled in lessons I never wanted.
I hated it.
And yet looking at Jack now, flushed, smiling in a way that's nothing but genuine it almost feels like there's a silver lining.
"Back on planet earth yet?" I ask dryly, tucking him back into his joggers.
Jack exhales, a dazed grin tugging at his lips. "No. I've ascended."
I chuckle despite myself and crawl up until I'm nestled into his chest. His arm comes around me automatically, strong and grounding, and he presses a soft kiss against my forehead.
