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At the end of the day, I couldn’t help myself. “I was bought by someone. Someone important.” Was my sincere confession to my best friend while I promised myself not to tell her everything.

The two of us decided to go back to my place where there’s less ears to hear, and no judging eyes. Dane stood up from my bed and looked like she had an epiphany. She leaned forward then slapped my shoulder, as if she had always known and was just waiting for me to actually tell her the truth. “I knew it!”

“Huh?”

My eyes narrowed as I stared at her. A part of me wondered what’s on her curious mind. Dane and I have known each other since we were kids. Her mother was an omega while her father was a soldier, a Gamma. And while others saw her as one of the lucky few that she’s born a beta. She’s not.

Ever since her father found out her mother was pregnant, he threw them out of his house like pests. Turns out, Dane’s mother was supposed to remain a secret. He was already committed to someone. A hig