To ruin an Omega novel Chapter 466

Chapter 466: The Calm before the storm 1

FIA

The Omegas moved around me. One worked through my hair with careful hands, sectioning and styling, while another held up dress options against the natural light streaming through the window. Steam rose from the garment steamer in soft clouds that smelled faintly of lavender.

I sat still and let them work. My body felt looser than it had been for a hot minute, the hot shower having done more for my muscles than I wanted to admit. Every part of me had been scrubbed clean until my skin felt new.

"This one, Luna?" The Omega, holding a deep blue dress, looked at me with hopeful eyes.

I nodded. "That’s perfect."

She smiled and moved to prepare it while the one working on my hair pinned another section into place. The rhythm of it all felt soothing. Normal. Like I was just a woman getting ready to go somewhere nice with her mate instead of someone who had killed a warlock merely hours ago.

The door opened without warning.

Morrigan stepped inside. She moved with a particular grace that would have made anyone forget she had been thrown through a window recently. Luckily, she had no cast or bandages, and all I really saw when I stared was a slight hitch in her gait that she probably thought nobody noticed.

"Grand Luna." The Omegas bowed in unison.

She waved them off. "Continue what you’re doing. I just came to see how my daughter was faring."

The words still made something warm bloom in my chest. Daughter... She said it so easily, like it was the most natural thing in the world.

Morrigan settled into the chair near the vanity. Her eyes tracked the Omegas’ movements for a moment before landing on me.

"Moonhaven is beautiful this time of year," she said. "You two will have a wonderful time."

"I hope so."

"Well, I can assure you. I was there once. Do make sure you tie Cian down if his beast starts getting aggressive." Her tone stayed light, but her eyes were serious. "Don’t take chances just because you’re a healer or because you believe he won’t hurt you. Heat season makes everyone unpredictable. Again, I would know. Being mates will already be intoxicating enough."

I met her gaze in the mirror. "I promise I’ll be safe."

She nodded, seemingly satisfied with that answer. Then I noticed it again. That slight shift of weight when she adjusted her position. The way her hand moved to her hip for just a second before she caught herself.

"Are you not fully healed?"

Morrigan’s expression softened into something almost amused. "I’m fine, Fia. Almost completely healed."

"I could help. It wouldn’t take much—"

"No." The word came gently but firmly. "The pain is a mortal thing. It makes everyone feel grounded. Reminds us we’re alive."

I wanted to argue. Wanted to point out that she didn’t need to suffer just to feel... mortal. But something in her expression stopped me. This was her choice, and I had to respect it.

The Omega finished with my hair. She stepped back to admire her work, and I caught my reflection properly for the first time. My hair fell in soft waves that framed my face, and my skin looked healthier than it had any right to after everything.

Morrigan was still watching me. Her eyes held something that looked like fondness.

"I still remember the first time we met."

The memory surfaced easily. That day at the dinner table when I had been so terrified of making a bad impression. When everything had felt new, scary, overwhelming and impossible.

"Right." I smiled. "You were quite nice to me."

She laughed. The sound filled the room and made even the Omegas smile.

"You were my daughter-in-law. What was I supposed to be if not nice?" She leaned forward slightly. "I’m just glad you came into our lives. Into this family."

My throat tightened. "Likewise. This family healed me too. Revealed things about myself and my own family I might have never known."

I thought about my mother. About Athena. About everything that had been hidden and buried and lost until I came here and those threads started pulling at me.

A laugh bubbled up before I could stop it. "I guess I have my half-sister to thank for that." I paused. "Well, she’s my first cousin too, so there’s that."

Morrigan’s smile turned knowing. "I did hear a few things and all I can say to that is family is complicated."

"I just didn’t think this would be my life, you know." The words came out quieter than I intended. "I imagined something a lot smaller. I never imagined being Luna to a pack this grand. Having another actual mother figure. Not making myself small to be palatable."

Morrigan stood and crossed to where I sat. She placed her hand on my shoulder, warm and steady.

"I believe you were always destined for something big."

The certainty in her voice made me believe it even more. It made me think that maybe this was the exact moment that my mother had seen when she looked into my future. Maybe she had known I would end up here, in this moment, loved and safe and fucking whole.

"Yeah." I smiled up at her. "It does feel nice."

The door opened again.

Cian stood in the doorway. His eyes found mine immediately, and something shifted in his expression. Softened.

"Are you ready?"

"It’ll take a minute."

He nodded and turned to the sentinels waiting in the hall. "Her bags are ready. Take them to the car."

They moved past him into the room and gathered the luggage with brute strength. I watched them work while the Omegas helped me into the blue dress. The fabric settled against my skin like water.

I stepped toward Cian. He met me halfway and pressed a quick kiss to my lips.

"You are beautiful."

Heat crept up my neck. "You always say that."

"Because it’s always true."

Morrigan made a soft sound behind us. "You two should have fun."

I turned back to her. "What about you?"

She opened her mouth, then closed it. Something flickered across her face before she smoothed it away.

"Someone needs to be here to steer things." She made a shooing motion with her hands. "Go. Have fun."

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