In a non-shifting alpha/omega society, omegas have become so scarce, they’re sequestered at birth in isolated facilities. Rafael Vargas, cyber expert, is an omega hiding in plain sight. At least until activists recruit him to hack an omega facility and rescue the children. He gets away clean until a prime alpha unwittingly hires him to trace the hack. With his precious freedom at risk, Rafael battles his instinctive attraction to the alpha. Grant Tenereth, an alpha overseeing the omega facilities, is hell-bent on finding the kidnapped children. But from the moment he hires the fascinating but challenging Rafael, Grant finds himself questioning his rock-solid devotion to the rules. When he learns the man is an omega as well as a criminal hacker, he tries to do the right thing for the law, even if it isn’t the right thing for him. Or for the omega. Grant struggles, trapped between duty and desire. Rafael aches for love but fears losing his independence. Will they realize before it’s too late that what they have isn’t just instinct? It’s everything.

To Tame an Omega

Curious about the type of woman the omega had fallen in with, Grant accessed the company information he’d requested when looking to hire a security firm. He scrolled through the employee list, searching for anyone named Janet. With any luck, she’d turn out to be old or married with a bunch of kids or anything else to relieve Grant’s jealousy about her being personally involved with Rafael. Near the end of the list, he found her—Janet Whitbeck. Job title: Intern. Experience: Hacker. They hired a hacker? Age: 16. Sixteen! Rafael’s accomplice was a child?


He sat dumbfounded for a long minute. All his plans for intimidating Janet crumbled. He wasn’t about to browbeat a sixteen-year-old girl into telling him what he needed to know. He’d have to tread lightly and make it up as he went along.


Chapter 31