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Found by the Alpha Calm
August“Mercy? Are you all right?” The sound of the television exploding behind August was alarming, but he was more concerned about the girl in front of him. She was shaking like a leaf, her eyes closed, her face turning pale. “Mercy, please, open your eyes!”“What’s going on?” Isabella demanded as she came into the room.August glanced at her but then returned his gaze to Mercy. “I don’t know. She just…” He shook his head, not sure how to put it. He didn’t want to tell his mom that this was his fault, that he’d jarred this reaction from her when he’d said Black Hole Moon, but he’d have to. Not now, though. Now, they needed to help her.“Mercy, honey, open your eyes,” Isabella said in a calm, soothing voice as she sat on the bed next to the girl, her arms fixed on Mercy’s face. “Look at me. You’re safe. It’s me. Isabella. Look in my eyes, honey.”Slowly, Mercy’s eyes opened, and she looked at Isabella.“Good, good. Take some deep breaths. Try to calm down, sweet girl.” Isabella mimic
Found by the Alpha Plan
August“What did you say to that woman?” Isabella asked as they stood outside of the healing center. “Really, August! The television exploded!”“I know, Mother. I was there.” He tried to keep his tone light because he didn’t want to upset her anymore than she already was. Clearly, he was good at upsetting women. “I made a mistake, all right?”“Did you try asking her about her past? You didn’t show her those damn pictures did you?”“No, and no. Not exactly, anyway. On the first one.”“What’s that now?” Isabella folded her hands beneath her bosom and waited for an answer that made sense.August wasn’t sure he had an answer that made sense. “Mom, I just said she’d never have to go back. That’s all!” More or less, that was true. Did his mom really need to know where he’d said Mercy didn’t need to go back to?“That’s all?” she repeated. “Are you sure about that, son? Because that doesn’t seem like the sort of thing a person would say that would make a television explode. I’ve never seen an
Found by the Alpha Lists
The shell of the tell vision on the wall was haunting as Mercy sat in her bed, trying to figure out what had happened. Even after the mess on the floor was cleaned up, her mind wouldn’t stop focusing on how she’d made the tell vision do that--and why.Black Hole Moon--those were the words that Alpha August had said. They’d made her lose control. She didn’t know why. When she tried to remember what those words meant, nothing came to mind. She wasn’t even sure what a blackhole was.She did know what the moon was, though. She didn’t have a lot of memories, but she could remember a window, similar to the one near her bed now, with a large, glowing orb situated right outside of it, so large and bright… it was the only thing that made her feel calm, made her feel connected to the rest of the world.But that was it. She couldn’t even remember where that room was or why she was in it.Cleo came in from one of the other rooms, walking slowly, as if she was afraid she might say something to mak
Found by the Alpha Pizza
The look on Mercy’s face before she’d turned to acknowledge him was haunting. August wasn’t sure what to make of it. She was just staring at the wall, as if she was watching television, but since he hadn’t replaced the broken one yet, that wasn’t what was happening.What was she looking at?When she turned to acknowledge him, the vacant look faded, and a smile came to her lips. She was so beautiful. He couldn’t imagine why anyone would ever want to hurt her.Sitting the pizza on the tray next to her bed, he went to the supply closet and got a couple of paper plates and napkins. He almost asked her if she wanted a soda, but then he realized she wouldn’t know what that was. “I’ve got a couple of cans of Coke in the refrigerator. Do you want to try that, or would you rather just have water?”“Coke?” Mercy repeated. “What is that?”“Tell you what. You can try it. If you don’t like it, no big deal. Okay?”She nodded, and he went into the other room to grab the drinks. When he came back, sh
Found by the Alpha Safe and Happy
The Alpha’s house. Staying in the Alpha’s house…. Something about those words made Mercy feel lightheaded and sick to her stomach. She couldn’t help it. There was a memory there, a bad one, one she couldn’t handle. Just the words coming out of August’s mouth made her want to get up and run out of the room.“Mercy!”She heard August’s voice calling her name, but all she could see was darkness, and a bit of light at the top of her eyes as they rolled back into her head.“Mercy… Mercy! Breathe!”At his command, oxygen filled her lungs again, and Mercy felt that she was regaining control of her body. She tried to sit back up, but she couldn’t. Her eyes opened, and she saw August leaning over her, a concerned look on his handsome face.“Are you okay?” he asked, his hand on the side of her face. “Can you hear me?”“Yeah, yes,” she said, reaching up and putting her hand on top of his. She didn’t want him to move away. Having his hand on her face made her feel anchored to reality in a way she
Found by the Alpha Sleepless Night
Lying in his bed that night, August stared up at the ceiling, wondering what it was going to take for him to figure out a way to talk to Mercy to keep her from freaking out every time he opened his mouth. He felt so terrible for upsetting her like that. But… this time he’d had no idea that just the question of whether or not she’d want to move in with him and his mom would make her react that way.At least she hadn’t had the same reaction as she had the time before, when he’d mentioned Black Hole Moon. He’d been able to talk her back out of this reaction much better. Whether or not it was a true sign of progress, he wasn’t sure, but he’d take what he could get.It was past midnight. He’d been lying there for a few hours, and so far, he hadn’t even started to feel drowsy. He considered getting up and doing something else, maybe going for a run to tire himself out, but he didn’t want to be too far away from Mercy just in case something happened. He knew he had some of his best Omegas on
Found by the Alpha Like China
“Well, all of your scans look normal,” Luna Isabella was saying as she stood next to Mercy’s bed, a bunch of papers in her hand. “We’ve run a lot of tests, and I don’t see anything wrong, other than you’re a little malnourished, but that shouldn’t be causing your memory issues. I think it’s safe to say it’s psychological at this point, honey.”Mercy nodded, thinking she had to be right. “What do we do about that?” She wasn’t sure she wanted to hear the answer.“Well, I suppose you’ve got a good reason for not wanting to remember these things, honey, or else you wouldn’t be blocking them all out, right?” Isabella gave her a sympathetic smile.Not knowing what to say, Mercy let her eyes drift to the ground. Isabella had a point. Mercy knew from her dreams and from the incidents she’d had whenever August had said certain things that began to trigger those memories her mind was fighting so hard to lock away.“We don’t have a therapist or psychologist in the pack, but I believe there is on
Found by the Alpha Overwhelm
Isabella had insisted on waiting for August to be available in order to take Mercy to the house that they shared in the center of the village. Mercy could understand that. After all, she hadn’t exactly proven herself to be the sort of person one could trust not to have a problem on the short walk. For all Isabella knew, she could faint, take off running, or set the house on fire….Mercy didn’t think there was much of a chance of any of those things happening, but that didn’t mean Isabella trusted her.Once August arrived, there was a private conversation in the storage room of the medical center. She heard whispering, but she had no idea what mother and son were talking about. Other than the fact that it was probably about her. She hoped she wasn’t stirring up any trouble between the two of them. They were both such wonderful people. She’d hate to come between them in any way.After a few moments, August walked out first, a smile on his face. “Hi, Mercy,” he said. “How are you today?”
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