Harry sighed into the crisp morning air of the winter as he waited for Draco to return with the car. Emerald green eyes closed in thought as the dark-haired Omega went through today's schedule one more time. The call from his uncle last night had ruined the festivities and Harry's plan to finally be claimed by the silvery-blond Alpha. Vernon had told the dark-haired Omega to come and get his belongings out of his house; the human sounded rather upset that Harry hadn't said he wasn't returning for Christmas break. That part confused the dark-haired Omega after suffering years of abuse at the hands of the Dursley's he couldn't imagine why they'd care if he just up and vanished. At least Harry actually had somewhere to stay after the school year was over with, but he'd be lying if he didn't say he wasn't looking forward to the final farewell between his uncle, aunt, and cousin. At least when they returned to Malfoy manor Hermione and Ron would be ready to begin celebrating Christmas together. If only Lycanthropes didn't have to a three-day period after being claimed to be alone with their mates, then Harry could've been claimed last night. Draco had warned him how his instincts wouldn't let him leave whatever area he'd claimed in for three days, so they'd decided to wait until Christmas night to do it. Just three more days is all Harry had to wait and he his prat of a silvery-blond Alpha would be officially bonded. The steady thrum and hum of an engine caused the dark-haired Omega to open his eyes and smile down at the driveway as the all silver truck pulled up. Harry was quick to descend down the stairs and open the passenger door and get into the already warm truck.
"No sports car?" Harry joked at his Alpha as he cast a thankful gaze towards Draco who smiled in return. A large pale hand was quick to grip onto the dark-haired Omega's thigh lovingly as Draco pulled the truck out of the driveway and onto the main road.
"Not when we're moving furniture," Draco explained keeping his light grey eyes locked onto the windshield as he drove towards the freeway.
"I'm surprised you offered to go that far into the human world just to help me pack up my room." Harry was quick to force a laugh despite the uncomfortable thought of how the silvery-blond Alpha would judge his hovel of a room at the Dursley's. The dark-haired Omega hoped Draco wouldn't act standoffishly once he saw how Harry was raised. It wasn't like the dark-haired Omega had a choice to grow up with humans who refused to accept him as one of their own because of what his parents were. Hell, Harry couldn't imagine the look on Vernon's rotund face when he found his nephew was the first male Omega in over a decade. Harry was surprised they even understood secondary genders that well, but he knew his family wouldn't be happy at his relationship with Draco and his secondary gender.
"I wasn't going to let my mate go somewhere that made him so restless by himself." Draco's tender tone pulled the dark-haired Omega out of his thoughts as the silvery-blond Alpha merged onto the interstate. Harry turned to look at Draco's focused expression intently and lifted a hand to ruffle the silvery-blond tresses sweetly. A small smile made its way onto both of their faces as the Alpha Lycanthrope gently leaned into the dark-haired Omega's touch as much as he could while maintaining a good bit of his attention on the road ahead of him. "Wanna tell me what's gotten you so upset? After you've buckled up." The silvery-blond Alpha's tone was full of mock threat as he quickly cast a warning glare at Harry with one silvery-blond brow quirked up in question. The dark-haired Omega grumbled annoyedly to himself before he quickly buckled up and his emerald green hued eyes glued onto the window watching the other cars zoom by.
"Its nothing," Harry was quick to lie not wanting Draco to go into this situation with vengeance in mind. If the silvery-blond Alpha knew about the abuse, there's no way of knowing how well he'd be able to control his emotions and not loose himself into his Lycanthrope side. Draco's growl was soft, but it still caused a slight shiver to run down the dark-haired Omega's spine as he turned his green gaze back onto the silvery-blond's face. The Alpha's brows were knitted together tightly in annoyance at the obvious lie he'd just been fed by Harry.
"You told me that in a courtship there needs to be trust." Draco spoke softly his voice taking a slightly hurt tone as he stuck his full bottom lip out in a pout. If the situation wasn't serious Harry would've found it adorable, but the dark-haired Omega had to consider coming clean to his Alpha. "I just want you to trust me like I trust you." Draco explained lifting his grey hued gaze off of the road to lock with Harry's own emerald green one briefly. The dark-haired Omega bit down on his bottom lip in thought before feeling his resolve crumble at the dejected chuffle that left the silvery-blond Alpha's lips.
"I do trust you Draco." Harry spoke grabbing the Alpha's hand that was still holding onto his thigh tenderly. Intertwining their fingers, he felt Draco's tension slowly fade out of his body completely.
"Then tell me." The silvery-blond Lycanthrope pleaded as he switched lanes keeping his gaze on the windshield. Harry took in a shaky breath before exhaling and dropping his own emerald green gaze onto Draco's pale hand in his own.
"They abused me." The dark-haired Omega's voice came out wobbly as his vision clouded over with tears. Biting roughly on his bottom lip, Harry tasted blood as he did his best to hold back his tears that wanted to spill onto his flushed cheeks. Draco's snarl ripped itself out of his chest and through his lips as his larger hand clasped down strongly onto Harry's smaller one.
"For how long?" Was all the silvery-blond Alpha asked as the dark-haired Omega lifted his fuzzy vision up and tried to focus on Draco's taught expression. A dark laugh broke through Harry like a sob but no tears fell from his stinging eyes.
"As long as I can remember. They hated me for what my parents were because they knew I'd become a wizard." The dark-haired Omega explained trying his best to keep his tears at bay while he began to stroke his thumb over the back of Draco's knuckles. "I don't really want to go into depth about it." Harry managed to speak again after a minute or two of taking steadying breaths while trying to continue not to cry.
"You don't have to but when you're ready I'll listen." The silvery-blond Lycanthrope spoke his voice calm despite his estranged expression and the way his brows furrowed together in displeasure. "I just want to rip them all apart." Draco snarled out and Harry watched as his hand on the steering wheel tightened down so harshly that he could hear the leather creaking under the Alpha's skin.
"Promise me it'll just be in and out. No confrontation." The dark-haired Omega couldn't help but to plead with the driving Lycanthrope as his vision finally cleared. "Please Draco." Harry all but whimpered out after a minute of stifling silence was passed around the cab of the truck.
"I promise." The silvery-blond Alpha spoke finally but his dark grey gaze never pulled away from the windshield as snow splattered against the glass wickedly.
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Harry only had two more boxes of clothes and his bag of toiletries to take out to Draco's truck and they could head home with enough time left to unpack before his best friends arrived at the manor. Thankfully Vernon wasn't home when they arrived two hours ago to begin packing away the dark-haired Omega's small collection of possessions but the sound of small car pulling into the driveway had Harry wanting to run. He knew that sound all to well and was terrified that his uncle had returned but the thing that worried the dark-haired Omega the most was that Draco was down at the truck alone. Grabbing one box and the bag quickly, Harry rushed out of his closet sized bedroom and towards the front door. Pulling it open and shutting it just as fast, the dark-haired Omega could see his overweight uncle talking to a very stern looking Draco. The Alpha's silvery-blond hair glinted in the winter sunlight as he leaned back onto the tailgate trying to be as respectful towards the rotund human as he could. Harry jogged down the stone stairs to the porch but missed his footing and flung forwards on the ice with a yelp. In a spiraling piles of limb, the dark-haired Omega accidentally kicked a garden gnome with chipping paint causing it to crack and crumble into hundreds of pieces.
"Harry!" Draco's tone was concerned as he and Vernon moved to approach the now kneeling Omega. Harry struggled gather up the two items he dropped but before he could stand a sausage like finger was jabbed roughly into his forehead.
"Aren't you just as worthless as ever!" Vernon hissed out acridly casting an ireful glare down at Harry who had flinched away from his uncle's touch. A snarl rumbled out of Draco's chest and Vernon turned an offended glare towards the silvery-blond Alpha. "Excuse you?" The rotund man asked his voice heavy with venom as he turned another tart gaze onto Harry who quickly shuffled to his feet. "You can't even walk without making a fool of yourself boy." Vernon continued his verbal assault on Harry as the dark-haired Omega was quick to pick up his dropped box and bag. However, before Harry could make a getaway to the silver truck Vernon grabbed the dark-haired Omega by his jacket collar and yanked him backwards roughly.
"Don't." Harry quipped at Draco who was quick to try and lunge at the larger human but stopped at his Omega's command. Dark grey eyes bore holes into Vernon who finally released Harry after earning another growl from the Lycanthrope.
"At least apologize." Vernon spat grumpily crossing his thick arms over his chest. More snarling came from Draco as he moved aside to let Harry place the box in the truck's tailgate and the bag in the cab.
"Harry will do no such thing." The silvery-blond Alpha huffed out as he too crossed his own muscular arms over his chest. Harry quickly grabbed Draco's tense bicep and felt the muscle seize slightly under his hand before he looked down at his Omega. "Is that all?" The silvery blond Lycanthrope asked woodenly as he kept a threatening glare on Vernon.
"Yes," The dark-haired Omega decided leaving one box of worn clothes with the Dursley's was better than separating a fight between Draco and his uncle. "Let's leave." Harry spoke with a hint of urgency and the silvery-blond Alpha huffed his agreement before finally ripping gaze off of Vernon and heading into the truck. "Goodbye." The dark-haired Omega spat tartly before scampering off into the cab od the truck. Draco was silent until they got onto the freeway and began to badmouth Vernon with every exhale of breath the Alpha had.
"Thank you for walking away." Harry smiled out as he turned up the radio slightly enjoying the pop song that blared from the truck's speakers. The silvery-blond Alpha cast a sideways glance at his Omega before smiling softly to himself.
"I promised, didn't I?" Draco quizzed in jest and Harry gave him a quick jab to the shoulder before beginning to sing along to the new song on the radio. The dark-haired Omega's mood brightened as he excitedly waited for his reunion with Ron and Hermione. He hadn't seen them in three days, but it felt like years. Harry yelled the lyrics over the radio and Draco huffed out in annoyance his grey eyes gleaming at the content smile making its way onto his face. "I think my ears are bleeding." The silvery-blond Alpha's insult was followed by another playful punch to his shoulder as they continued to drive back towards the manor.
A/N: Vote & Comment! Thanks for reading and I'm planning a 100k special when we reach 100k reads and I'm so thankful you're all enjoying this story! I refrained from a cliffhanger but can't make any promises for the next chapter. It should be up by Sunday so see you then and I hope you all have a wonderful day and or night!