Stella

Stella COSMIC BONDS BOOK ONE MIRA KANE Contents What is Omegaverse? 1. Stella 2. Stella 3. Simon 4. Stella 5. Stella 6. Jerrick 7. Stella 8. Stella 9. Stella 10. Evan 11. Stella 12. Simon 13. Sunshine 14. Simon 15. Stella 16. Stella 17. Luna 18. Stella 19. Stella 20. Simon 21. Stella 22. Simon 23. Stella Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Mira Kane Copyright © 2023 Mira Kane Cover by Covers by Combs Developmental Edits by Rawls Reads Copy Edits by Steph Tashkoff Formatting by HelNo Productions All right reserved as permitted under the International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior permission of the Author, with the exception brief quotations may be used for review purposes. Criminal Copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is publishable by up to five (5) years in prison and a fine of $250,000. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons living or dead is coincidental. The author acknowledges the copyrighted or trademarked status and trademark owners of the words mentioned in this work. Created with Vellum What is Omegaverse? My first omegaverse was Supernatural fanfiction. I read halfway through and wondered why no one had changed into a wolf yet. That led to many internet searches where I discovered sometimes omegaverse can contain shifters, but it’s also possible to have a contemporary story with no magic. Omegaverse is often exactly like our world, just with alternate human biology layered over it. This biology includes animalistic traits, fancy penises, mating instincts, bonding marks, pheromones, and a slight social hierarchy. Alphas are considered powerful, and men have knots at the base of their penises to lock inside omegas. Alphas are natural leaders and form family packs by biting their bondmate. Omegas are rarer, go into sexual heats, and are considered more fragile. Betas are the normal people without which nothing would get done. And then I had a lot of fun picturing our modern day world, only with the omegaverse dynamics layered over everything. So enjoy this story set in the real world, with some extra spice. Chapter 1 Stella Monday was trying its best to take the prize for Worst Day of the Year. First off, my coffee maker broke. I managed to lick up a few drops that trickled sadly out of the spout but burned my tongue in the process. Even though my car had only come back from the mechanic a week ago, it wouldn’t start until I’d cursed at it for ten minutes straight. I’d slept on my neck weirdly, so the right side pinched every time I moved. And judging by the cramps coming from my ladybits, I was going into heat early. Great. So great. If I’d had a pack, being an omega in heat would mean spending a week having the best sex of my life, but since my last pack dumped me, I was flying solo. I didn’t know if my dildo collection was up to the task again. My last solo heat was miserable, but since there were no prospective packs on the horizon, I didn’t have many options. I could have gone to an omega center, but they were all so sterile and professional, it made any sort of connection I could have found shrivel up. No doubt there were several random packs in the Half Moon Bay area that would be more than willing to see me through a heat, but I didn’t know anyone well enough. Maybe I was too picky, but being in heat was one of the most vulnerable periods in an omega’s life. I didn’t want anyone to “accidentally” mate bite me. At least my pack dumped me before we sealed the deal with mate bites. I shuddered to think of what would have happened if I bound myself to them forever, only for their steady erosion of my personality to come out. I still had my weekly meeting with my sisters and cousins. I arrived at Hot Perks early and got a Venti mocha Frappuccino with extra syrup and whipped cream. I claimed the best seat, an overstuffed armchair facing the door. While I waited for my sisters and cousins to arrive, I flipped through my planner, counting how many clients we were onboarding this week to the family business. My grandmother started Cosmic Bonds, a matchmaking agency that in addition to the more mainstream personality questions also used birth charts, tarot readings, and crystals to help the members of the community find their true mates. With over seven acres of land near the California coast and surrounding woodlands there was plenty of room to expand cottages into a resort. My parents and aunts and uncle expanded it from matchmaking to a resort. Packs and couples could hold retreats and unwind. Now in addition to matchmaking, we had several swimming pools, mud baths, yoga and Pilates classes, saunas, and massages. It was a lot of work, but my family wanted to keep the vision our parents had alive. My parents and uncle and aunts died in a plane crash that Ember, my cousin, miraculously survived. My oldest cousin Raina, a rare female alpha, had turned eighteen three days prior, and stepped up to raise the rest of us. It was some of the worst years in my life, but we came out of it stronger. My family was always there for me, something my last pack couldn’t handle. Brock, Tyler, and Kyle liked how close I was with my family at first. But by the end, any mention of them would make them all scowl and remind me I was with them, not my family. I sighed and opened my planner.