Chapter 106: The wonderings of a new alpha
"Look at you. You’re smitten." Kim’s voice shook Andrew out of his haze, and he shifted. He’d been staring at Maxwell talking to Michael. Maxwell’s profile was slightly flushed, his gaze serious as he stared at Michael. Michael was jotting down everything Maxwell said, and Andrew wondered if he had his little recorder with him again.
Turning from where he was leaning in the doorway, he met the warm, green gaze of the older woman who had snuck up on him. He hadn’t even realised she was right beside him, and that told him all he needed to know. He was smitten. And whatever was happening in his body was affecting his perception.
He normally was more observant.
"I...yes, I am." Andrew told her, a little flustered. He was new to these kinds of feelings, this possessiveness. It hadn’t been like this prior to Maxwell’s heat, and he wasn’t sure what to think of that. "Kim...how do you deal with it?" Andrew asked quietly, worriedly, and Kim stared at Andrew in surprise. She shifted on her feet, leaning against the other side of the wide door frame so that the both of them could watch the living room action.
She looked at the newly made alpha, his eyes reflective in the light. The deep brown shade they normally were was overshadowed by the bright amber hidden within. His jaw was tense, and the muscles in his arms were in sharp contrast. He had one foot tapping impatiently, and the more that Kim looked him over, the more nervous he became.
She smiled softly, her own green eyes gaining an amber reflection.
"Which part are you struggling with, Andy?" She asked carefully and he sighed. His face shifted, and he seemed in pain.
"I’ve never felt this possessive of someone in my whole life. I’m worried about what it will mean for the future." He muttered, and Kim, who had grown up with the feeling, made a soft noise in the back of her throat.
"Ah. Some of that comes with the territory of having spent a heat with an omega. While some of that relates to who you are as a person. Andy, your secondary manifestation, even if forced and late, isn’t meant to change you fundamentally as a person. These...gifts we are given are meant to enhance us, not to punish us. Yes, some of us to suffer due to our secondary sexes, I won’t blow smoke up your ass about that, but fundamentally, they aren’t supposed to be burdens." Andrew’s mouth drew down in a frown, and she laughed.