"Sora, you're lucky my stud is fine! How can you use thunder power in the open field, huh?" Peinaire almost yelled at her cousin's cousin. Caspian tries to calm her down; she's injured her forehead a bit, and to be mad at that state, it's not good.
"That's all I manage to grab, Pein. If it's raining, then I can use rain..."
"That's even worse, you know. Your stud might end up in an ice age!" Nara chuckles by himself, imagining a stud freeze in the form of ice.
"Shut up, Nara! And you, how can you lift my stud recklessly, huh? What if he got scabs? I need to spend more money on the medical expenses!" Peinaire almost fainted again due to stress.
"Jeez, I should just lift it like normal. Hanging all four legs behind me like a baby..."
Peinaire grabs a small pillow and gives Nara a powerful throw. The Alpha almost tears the soft cushion apart, a normal reaction when he's in shock.
Ezra keeps listening to their conversation quietly from the kitchen. He volunteered to make some refreshments for these two family members from Hua Hin. So far, he learns that Nara is an Alpha with monstrous strength. And Sora is a nature manipulator Alpha.
Thinking about Sora, his heart aches.
"Let me take that..." Fa comes from behind, trapping Ezra's thin body between his arms. Ezra pushes him away and leaves the tray with Fa. The male gulps, knowing that Ezra is mad at him right now.
"Hey, lemme take that!" Sora skips from her sofa. She grabs the tray from Fa with a smile on her face before putting the tray on the table. Then, she drags Fa to her seat, giving him a steady back hug.
"Yarh, you shameless bitch! Don't you see Fa's mate is here?" Nara almost smacks Sora on her head. But, she doesn't even flinch or care.
"I don't care. This is what we always did before he came anyway! Why should we pretend to be strangers?" Sora takes a glance at Ezra. The Omega is a prick to her; he keeps staring at Sora with hostility.
"That's when you're kids. You were still a stupid Alpha who believes you can marry an Alpha, too!" Cirrus leisurely disses Sora.
"I still believe that an Alpha can marry an Alpha. Who cares anyway these days?"
"You can't have it all, cousin. Unless you're the Enigma," Peinaire replies.
"Well, I don't care much about having a cub, if you told me that AlphaXAlpha can't breed..."
"Somebody please stab this shameless female on her gland and turn her into a Beta!" Nara whines loudly, having a secondhand embarrassment by Sora's act.
"Don't take it to heart, Ezra. Sora and Fa have been close since they were kids," Tul pats Ezra's hand softly, knowing the turbulence inside that Omega's heart.
"Yes. So close that we always did everything together; eat, sleep, shower..." Sora smirks.
"But, there's always me in between; acting as their Steve..." Nara noted Ezra. He won't spare a chance for more misunderstandings; Sora had just kissed a Golden Alpha who already has a mate. That's enough to shake the ground under Ezra's feet.
"But you weren't there when I kissed Fa..."
"Everyone saw that, ai ngor! It's a game of truth or dare!"
Everyone laughs but Ezra. The Omega takes a glance at Fa and Sora. They did look so close. If a stranger sees them, they might think they're a couple.
"Excuse me, I need to take this call..." Ezra makes up an excuse to escape from the crowd. He runs upstairs in a hurry, with Fa follows him with the corner of his eye.
"You surely gave him a hard time, Sora..." Nara sneers. The female Alpha scoffs lightly before she scoots away from Fa.
"He's indeed a cute Omega, Fa..." Sora immediately turns into herself; a normal, mature Sora with a low voice instead of a high-pitched one. "How does it feel to have him in real time?"
Fa looks down for a bit. "It's worth the hard work, but it's complicated, too. He's unlike how he was online."
Sora rubs Fa's hair softly. "Of course he is not the same person! Behind the screen, people pretend to be someone that they can't be. Well, I don't need to explain more. You do know it to the bone!"
Fa nods in silence. He stares at Sora. This very cousin is among those who know about his online relationship from the early stage. They did share the same account in MewMew Land, so she awares almost about everything.
"I gotta check on Ezra..." Fa sprang up from the sofa, leaving the rest of his cousins in the living room.
"Okay. Let's get down to business..." Nara turns into a serious mode. "There have been several incidents at the village recently. Livestocks were found dead and sick..."
***
"I'm fine. No need to worry. Let's talk tomorrow. Yes, don't forget the notes. I really count on that..."
"Who are you talking to?"
Ezra turns around, cutting the call in a hurry before he puts the phone inside his pocket. "Why would you care?"
Fa steps closer to Ezra. "I do care because you are my Omega—"
"Am I?" Ezra sneers before the smile vanishes from his face. He pushes Fa aside, trying to escape from the spot when Fa harshly grabs his hand and turns him around so they can face each other.
"Ezra..."
"I bet you have guests to be entertained, Golden Alpha Fa," Ezra pulls his hand from Fa before he leaves that Golden Alpha alone on the spot. As he enters the room, he slams the door behind him, full of fury.
***
The next morning, Ezra is ready for his class. He checks the pheromone suppression patch on his neck and ensures there is a box of them in his bag. He exits from his room, descends downstairs to grab some breakfast.
Even before he can reach the kitchen, he hears a loud laugh coming from there. He slowly approaches the entrance where he sees Sora, chatting with three Beta helpers.
"Alpha Sora is always caring about Alpha Fa..." one of the Beta helpers praises her.
"Of course... Fa is like my other half!"
"Too bad both of you are Alphas! You two can make a good couple!" another Beta helper teases Sora. She laughs helplessly.
"You know, nowadays, people don't care much about AlphaXAlpha!" Sora replies. "A lavender marriage is recognizable these days!"
"How to have cubs then? Alpha with Alpha, they can't breed, right?"
"Oho, we have so many options; adopting will do, too! Or, we can choose a surrogate Omega for that!"
Surrogate... Omega?
Ezra's heart is thumping fast. He leaves the kitchen in a hurry; storms outside the mansion at once. He almost collided with Tul, who greets him nicely at the main door. But, Ezra is too distracting to even notice it.
"What's wrong with him?" Tul murmurs alone.