What Does This Mean?

"What is this?" Liam asked after a moment, breaking away from Victoria. "What does this mean to you?"

Of course, the Alpha male had to go and ask the most complicated question Victoria could've thought of.

What did this mean to her?

Victoria had no idea what their kiss meant; through it she hadn't chosen her mate, she had merely done so for instantaneous pleasure. She had kissed Liam to see what happened, to see what it might mean...

Yet she had gotten no answers.

"I... I don't know," She whispered. If her and Liam weren't connected telepathically, he might not have been able to hear her. Her answer was mumbled quietly to avoid drawing attention to herself, although there was no one else in the room but her and Liam. Liam, whose eyes still landed on her, looked at her in that certain way, as if she might drown in them.

"I suppose that's alright." Liam said, standing as he spoke. He seemed to have no intention of being quiet in the empty apartment like Victoria.

She felt it wasn't the correct time to speak, but Victoria continuously noticed how comfortable Liam was in an environment that wasn't his. How could he have adapted so fast, when they were meant to hate each other? When they had hated each other all their lives, when he had called her weak?

Do you still think I'm weak?

She asked, doing exactly what she had told Liam not to do. Her head was her private space, but at this time, she would let him in.

No.

His answer was firm and absolute, thought with passion that burnt from the depths of Liam's heart.

No, I do not find you weak, mate.

After all these years, Victoria was left confused. Her mind was spinning with thoughts and actions, over and over and over again.

She was no longer weak in his eyes; did this mean he would stop hating Omegas? Did this mean that to Liam, Omegas could be powerful, filled with courage? Would she finally achieve her Omega rights, would she be treated like all the rest rather than a maternal figure of reproduction?

Could all Omegas live like Alphas in this world?

Liam turned, seeming to have heard her thoughts. Maybe Victoria hadn't blocked him out completely; maybe he was still in there, like a small splinter in a finger, after their kiss.

All Liam did was smile encouragingly.

Maybe Victoria COULD win after all.

Maybe she had already won with this male.

Her enemy, her bully, but could he be her one true mate?