Snowball Effect

"Ang, go with them," Xavier whispers, nudging me to go with the alphas to god knows where. I'm scared, but I swallow and nod anyway, starting to walk behind them, "Good luck."

They lead me for about five minutes straight to an office where Elliot is waiting for me, sitting next to his father and a woman. Elliot looks... dissociated. He's not even mad. He doesn't raise his eyes when he sees me, his scent doesn’t smell like anger, he's just on another plane right now, traveling to another universe in his mind.

"It has been brought to our attention that there is a fated bond between you and Sergeant Elliot Thorne, is that right?" the female alpha sitting next to Elliot asks. She looks downright scary, she is the only person here wearing a suit instead of uniform so I deduce that she is more important than the others.

I look at Elliot hoping he'll say it's not true, but he's still not back from his astral travel. I guess I have to keep the lie going.

"Yes," I whisper and it sounds like