I’m an omega who is a top. I’ve never felt the need to be submissive— The idea of bending myself to take it never felt right. So I stayed alone, because every alpha wanted to soften me, quiet me, turn me into someone who isn’t me, to force me to submit and turn into a bottom.
Then my father started dying, and I was bound to an enigma I didn’t ask for but couldn’t ignore. Sebastian doesn’t try to own me. He stands beside me. And somewhere between him and a masked (male) witch who sees right through every wall I built between myself and them, my life begins to unravel—and remake itself.

“Please,” he says quietly, “let me help you get through your heat.”
I meet his eyes and shake my head. “You can’t. You're an Enigma.” I say. “ And I’m a top.”

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For a second, I didn't understand what he had just said. The words were simple, clear, direct—but they didn't sit right. They didn't match what we had been doing just hours ago. They didn't match the way he looked at me, the way he let me touch him, the way he—


My chest tightened, something sharp and uncomfortable pressing right behind my ribs.


Or… did it mean something, but now that he knew—now that he knew his mate wasn't here, that they were somewhere else—did that erase everything?


I swallowed, forcing something steady onto my face before any of that could show.


"Yeah," I said, my voice coming out lighter than I felt. I even smiled. "You need to find your mate."


Chapter 144 - You're Right