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flicked my right hand, lifting a desert I m sure was for dinner and hit Wesley in the face with it. I
never miss, covered in burns and blisters or not. I don t need to be grounded. Maybe you shouldn t
assume I can t control my shit. Accidents happen.
Really? A pie to the face? he growled as he wiped it off with his arms.
It was a torte but I m pretty sure that s not important right now, Asher mumbled and I felt the
corner of my mouth twitch even as I saw Wesley s did.
Yeah, I thought it was fitting, I taunted the Omega. You make an ass of yourself acting like
you have all the answers and know more than the rest of us because you were raised with all this
extra knowledge about the bloodlines and whatnot. But hey, want to know a secret I know you never
pulled out of my brain?
What? He focused on me intently before his eyes went wide.
I smirked as I wet more towels and changed them out, feeling better already. Can t read my
mind, can you?
No, he gasped. How are you blocking me?
Control. I can control my powers. So I might not ever be as powerful as your bloodline or
whatever but I can focus and control it better, even ungrounded, than anyone else in this house so that
makes me always accurate.
Okay, I believe you, but you know I m going to ask why you never told us this. We ve been
scrambling to help others learn control and you ve had the answers all this time. I could see the
stirrings of anger in his eyes as tension in the kitchen rose again, especially since we had quite an
audience.
But see, that s the secret, I fumed with a nasty snicker. I know because I was activated about
the same time you remember first using your bloodline powers. It was a big birthday party with my
dad and uncles because Omegas aren t people. They thought they should celebrate that they were
pretty sure the family won the lottery and see if they could gain power before whatever inner circle I
went to.
That, maybe if they did it really early, by the time I was twenty-one no one would realize the
law was broken. I learned control out of necessity and extreme circumstances because it was made
very clear to me that if anyone found out what was going on over a slip up of mine and my family got
in trouble, I d be dead. They were the monsters. However, if they got caught because of me, I would
pay the price. So I m not thinking that s something that could be taught, do you?
No. Wesley s face went so pale I wondered how he didn t pass out.
I thought you guys got activated during the claiming ceremony when you re breached? One of
the Alpha candidates, Falkner, asked quietly.
We do and it s not the biting that activates us, I chuckled, glancing around when I realized
pretty much everyone was there. Oh goodie. I focused on Taye and Niall then. So we should just
cancel that discussion, right?
You didn t do anything but comfort me when I told you my father had abused me, Niall
reminded me gently. Why wouldn t you think I would do the same for you?
He doesn t think he s worthy of it probably, Taye mumbled as they moved closer. But you
are, Gideon.
So you re Dr. Jekyll right now, huh? I rolled my eyes and shook my head. I couldn t take any
more. I saw my burns were almost healed, or at least enough that I didn t have to baby them constantly
so I slipped back on my shorts. I turned to walk away but Tristan was there blocking me. He saw
there wasn t a good spot to touch me without maybe hurting me more so he moved his hand to my
forehead. Almost instantly I was better. Thanks.
You re welcome. I get you re going through shit, Gideon. I get you were hiding your past and
dealing with it on your own. I think we can agree that s not been working all that great. Let us in and
help you. I bristled at the comment and went to move away. Brother, we know what you re going
through. You re not alone in this. Even if we don t know exactly all of it and we didn t experience it,
we know what it is to be an Omega.
You don t even know what it is to have an abusive inner circle, I lashed out. Be grateful for
that, Tristan. Be very fucking grateful. I love you and you re my friend. And yeah, I m trying to deal
with my shit, but I think I m allowed one fucking afternoon to be pissed off that I did nothing wrong or
to deserve the hand I got when others got much better!
You are. I didn t understand that s what was going on, he verified as he fidgeted with some
of the dirty coffee mugs on the counter. And I am grateful. That s why I worked so hard to help,
Gideon.
I know. And I love your big heart for it even if I m jealous you got a big body with it. I just felt
I deserved to finally acknowledge that I had a right to be irate for some things that seem wrong to be
angry about. I m not going to dwell on it, but I had to process through it. I m not mad at you guys, but
I m fuming.
He nodded his head and I could just about see his heart hurting on his proverbial sleeve. Do I
get any points for helping to get you out? Tristan inquired softly.
Now the anger ramped right back up. But you didn t come to get me, did you? You came to
shut down a security breach and grab the Omega while you were there as well. No one came for me!
And I deserved to be saved! I suffered for almost ten fucking years and all anyone cared about was
the security risk. Not me!
Tristan flinched at my words and anger and I started to chill& Mostly because feeling like a rat
bastard for hurting him overruled my rage.
I can see how it might have seemed that way to you but that s just not true, Gideon, Jared
attested as he moved up next to his mate. You were second on Tristan s list.
Jared, Tristan hissed, shooting his mate an evil look.
No, I know you never wanted any of them to know where you prioritized them because
someone would get hurt no matter what the reasoning or logic but they will have to deal because none
of us knew any of this about Gideon or how bad he was hurting. He s been pushed to the side too
often, Tristan. This could really help him and I m sure all of our friends can swallow their shit or
potential issues on where they were ranked to make him see he was a priority.
I glanced around the room and saw most of them nodding and started to calm down.
I have one question first, Carson ventured as he looked between Wesley, Tristan, and I. If
we re going to do this, give the order lists. I need to clarify one point in what you told us. I shrugged
but then he focused on Wesley which I thought was odd. How old were you when you first remember
using your bloodline powers? Ahh, he wanted the answer to the age question without actually asking
me to spill in front of everyone.
About five. Right before my fifth birthday is when I really remember it, Wesley whispered as
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