Free The Bachelor: Beta Edition, A Gay Romance (Book 2) (Win an Alpha) by Jane Perky

Chapter One
     
    I will not panic, nervousness won’t get me anywhere. No matter how many timesWillton Navarro repeated the words in his head, they refused to sink in. He stood stiffly, unable to relax like the three other Omegas in the pack.
    At twenty-three, Will was the oldest, yet he still had his purity intact. As an Omega capable of giving birth, Will was a rare commodity in the shifter world. Any Alpha or pack leader would jump at the chance to have a fertile male Omega for a mate…too bad Will didn’t have the entire package.
    Unlike Ned and Elliot, the younger and more out-going Omegas on examination for the visiting Alpha, Will was awkward and shy. His mother often told him he’d never get any mate this way, but a person couldn’t change what he was. Will had always been socially awkward all his life. He preferred the company of books to leering, dominant shifters who looked at him like some kind of breeding machine.
    So far, Will disappointed every visiting Alpha looking for a mate and he’d do the same to this one too. Scarred and burly, the Alpha continued talking to their pack Gamma. Will and the others were too far to hear their voices, but he was used to being talked about like some kind of merchandise on display.
    “Well then, let’s get to it,” said Fletcher the Gamma.
    Will stood up straight, ignoring Elliot’s snigger. He schooled his face to blankness and wondered why he endured this humiliation time and time again. For the sake of bringing honor to his pack and for his happiness—no, those were his mother’s reasons because Will never felt like he belonged in his mother’s pack. Will always stuck out like a sore thumb and the wolves stopped sniffing him the moment they decided he wasn’t mate material.
    Why pick him, when Ned and Elliot were handsome, young and awesome in the sack—according to the rumors anyway. Will didn’t have much experience when it came to the bedroom, but God knew he tried to date, to do the normal things to get a mate.
    All of those attempts exploded in his face. Maybe that was the reason Will kept returning to these showings. No one wants to end up alone and all werewolves were built in pairs. Somewhere out there was his mate and damn it, Will will never stop trying.
    The visiting Alpha and Fletcher neared them now. Will held his breath, especially when the Alpha, whose name he didn’t even know, spared him a look. One look, for a couple of seconds, and that was all the time he had for Will.
    “Not this one,” the Alpha said with a dismissive wave.
    Will’s stomach dropped. Tears blurred at the corner of his eyes. Normally, he was stronger than this. Hell, Will was used to rejection all his life, but they’d accumulated over the years. Will had enough. Not caring it was improper decorum, he turned his heel. Will didn’t run, he walked, ignoring Ned calling after him.
    “Jesus. Going to these things has been killing me, bit-by-bit,” Will muttered.
    His cell phone vibrated, but Will ignored it. Will knew exactly who was calling. It was probably his mother, alerted by Fletcher.
    “Fuck this,” Will muttered, reaching the car park of the pack house.
    He got in and was about to drive straight home to his apartment. Curling into a ball and hoping he’d disappear from this world sounded like a fine plan, except he changed direction and headed to the town park instead. His mom and God forbid, his friends might be waiting at his apartment, hoping to stage an intervention like before. Will knew they meant well, but he couldn’t stand looking at the same pity and sympathy in their eyes.
    After parking the car by the curb of the park, Will walked to his favorite spot. Away from the usual path taken by runners and cyclists, no one would bother Will by his bench. He sat down with a heavy sigh, loosening the tie he wore for the stupid occasion. Will recalled how he spent hours getting ready that morning. He made sure not a hair was out of place and there were no