Resistant Omegas 5: Dewey by Joyee Flynn (book club suggestions TXT) 📕

my name and let them claim me. Now all of a sudden I’m sad. It just seems I should be excited and ready to go but I’m not. And it makes me feel like an ungrateful bastard considering what everyone did to make this happen.”

“Ahh, I get it now,” he said, wrapping his arm around my shoulders and steering me back towards the house. “And I have to tell you something that doesn’t help. You’ve been feeling people’s emotions for a few years now. Normally it’s no big deal because the only one you cared about was Taggart. It’s different now, pint size. You have friends and men who care about you. You’re feeling their emotions and not realizing that it’s affecting you.”

“What do you mean?” He lost me on that one. I glanced up at the tall man, laughing that I was actually a year older than him and he had his act together so much better than I did.

“When did you start feeling like this today?” Right then I was glad that he was like a vacuum to me as another Omega. I couldn’t focus on anyone else’s shit right then.

Then the answer hit me when I was done with that thought. “Breakfast. I was excited because Percy and Azyle said the Alpha house needed updating and some color. I like color and Taggart used to let me pick things out for his house from catalogs. I think it all came together well and he liked it. I wanted to make our new house a home.”

“Then what happened?” There was a point to this and it was like right there but I just couldn’t connect the dots yet.

“Taggart got a call from the High Council enforcers. He wasn’t happy that no one cared he had to leave everything behind.”

“And he got upset,” Tristan filled in for me. “And then Jared had to get on the phone and he was annoyed to say the least. Then Carson called me with a problem so I was upset and Percy and Azyle are stressed trying to get everything ready so you guys can leave. Plus they’re worried about their new pack, because it still is a new pack to them too.”

“Are you saying I soaked in all the worry?”

“Yeah, we can use the sponge analogy if you want.” He nodded in agreement as we slowed our pace when we got closer to the house. There were ears everywhere. “Think of how fast you soaked up how to freeze someone which is my gift. It was easy, right? Once you could put the pieces into place and see how it worked in your mind.”

“That’s exactly how it felt.” I stared at him kind of funny, wondering if he could read my thoughts.

“I can’t read the thoughts of another Omega unless they let me,” he chuckled, having figured it out. “I know because that’s how I’ve felt and Carson too. It’s like snapping pieces of the puzzle together and suddenly you can see where the rest of the pieces go like as if it was put together.”

“Yeah,” I whispered, feeling a little bit better.

“We soak things up because of whatever makes us Omegas, pint size.” Tristan opened the door for me. “There are days I don’t pay attention to everything and suddenly I’m crying in the corner all alone dreading that someone will find me. We have kick ass gifts, there’s just negatives as well sometimes. This is one of them. If you don’t watch it, next thing you know you’re sucked into a depression.”

“And it’s one of the reasons you need an inner circle to keep you grounded,” Jared said quietly as he moved to grab the door and shoo us in. “We were worried. It took me a few minutes to figure it out but if Dewey’s getting overwhelmed you could be as well.”

“But we explained what was going on to his inner circle while we were stalking you from the window,” Cameron admitted sheepishly. I shrugged, letting them know it was all good. Everyone burst out laughing and I felt the mood of the room change so fast I stumbled and leaned against the wall.

“Baby?” Azyle whispered as he moved to help me stay standing.

“You’re saying this is because I care about everyone in this room?” I asked Tristan, needing to get a handle on this.

“Yes, but it might also be that you’re telekinetic. Maybe it’s also a change in the electrical impulses in the room when the mood fluctuates. I’ll call the guy I know and see what he thinks. I used what you showed me to open their flies earlier but I don’t feel the cloud of electric charge like you said.”

“I’d appreciate some insight,” I said honestly. I yelped when Azyle swung me up into his arms. “I can walk.”

“Nah, you’ve got three men to carry you around always.” I rolled my eyes at his antics. He carried me to the kitchen as everyone followed and we sat down to lunch. My stomach growled when I saw the spread. Tristan did awesome, because every comfort food known was being brought over by the cook.

“At least I’ll never get fat with three virile men keeping me busy,” I chuckled as I dug into the mac and cheese, fried chicken, and mashed potatoes. I glanced up to see the men in question giving me lust-filled looks. Yeah, I was going to stay skinny. Rock on.

Chapter 9

“Pull over!” I shouted the next afternoon when I saw the sign that Wichita was ten miles away.

“What?” Tag asked, glancing over at me. When I started gagging with my hand over my mouth, he got the idea of what was going on real fast. He quickly pulled over onto the shoulder and I undid my seat belt as I opened the door. I practically dove out of the SUV and scrambled into the grass… And tossed my cookies.

I heard squealing tires and knew Percy and Azyle had pulled over as well. They