(Roger) The sun hung low in the sky, casting a warm glow over the small garden outside the entrance of the orphanage where I’d spent countless hours in service of the children. I could hear their laughter and distant chatter, the joyful sounds filling my heart with warmth, yet today the mirth felt tangential to the storm brewing within me. I'm an Omega, and I love children more than anything else in the world. It was a love that had shaped my life - guiding my decisions and reaching its peak when I met Steven. He was everything I admired, a warrior with a protective spirit and fierce loyalty. Steven is a handsome, strong, loving, and caring man. But even the strongest of men felt unmoored when it came to matters of the heart and family, and that’s what made my stomach churn with both exci