When I finish talking to the beta and come out of the cell, Lucinda decides to finally remind me that we’re not living in the last century and that she’s married to someone who could end all our problems in a second. Lucinda talks to her husband for a little bit to explain what we need from him, then rolls her eyes and hands me the phone. "Are you stupid, Daniel? Why didn't you tell me before that Clara had her phone with her?" he demands as soon as I have the cell phone on my ear. "Because I have a lot on my mind." I excuse myself, earning an annoyed huff from him and then I remain silent for a couple of seconds while Robbie does his thing. This fills me with new hope. Could it really be that easy? "Her phone is disconnected," he mumbles a couple of seconds later, "Her last connection was three hours ago. Since then, her phone has been off. Give me a couple of seconds and I'll send you the location of her last connection." Well, it’s not perfect, but it's something. I end the

Daniel comes up to me and tries to hug me like it's nothing, but I can't help but pull back in apprehension and disgust. The smell is going to make me puke at any moment. "What happened to you, are you okay?" I ask, taking another step back when Daniel keeps insisting on coming over to give me a hug or maybe even kiss me, "Daniel, wait! Whose blood is this?" "Mine, mostly... Rodrick's, Lucinda's and a little bit of Harry's. Don't worry, I'm starting to heal," he says and as I'm thinking about what he just said, Daniel takes advantage of me and hugs me. The smell of blood is so intense it makes me dizzy for a second, even if it’s mostly dry, “I missed you so much, baby." "I need you to..." before I can finish telling him to get away from me and go take a shower, I hear my mom, Carolina, Robbie and Rosie leave the house, while from the truck the family alphas slowly emerge. I take advantage of this to nudge Daniel away, pretending to be extremely interested in the descent of the oth

{ Olivia } I can't believe I have agreed with my alpha on something, but talking about the situation made the weight lift off my shoulders just like he said. Plus, knowing that Daniel would support me in a decision of that magnitude gave him plenty of brownie points. I thought he was going to explode and call me horrible things, but he didn't and that makes me love him just a little bit more. “Let’s stay here a while longer," Daniel says as he pulls away from my lips, not taking the kiss any further and lies back down on top of me, his big head resting between my breasts. I'd love to give him a noogie, but instead I give myself permission to be cringe for a second and lower my nose to breathe in his scent, "I feel like things have been super hectic since the day of my rut. I haven't even been able to enjoy you like I should.""I know," I nod and sigh contentedly as I feel his hands reach between my body and the bed to take possession of my ass, "We went from 0 to 100 without our c

After that, we are thankfully free to go. Dalia leads us towards the boutique for our wedding attires and I think I'm going to be bored again. Olivia, her mom and a tailor pick out like a million white dresses for her, and a few black tuxedos for me. And I was wrong about being bored because when Olivia tries on the first dress, I can't take my eyes away from her. "Do you like this one?" She asks, walking out of the fitting room straight at me. “Oh, you’re still wearing the scarf?” the tailor mutters, dissatisfied. It is a little funny to see her wearing a big white dress with a pink scarf around her neck, but she still looks gorgeous. “My alpha got a little too excited with the hickies this morning,” she easily lies and the omega tailor immediately nods, embarrassed. Olivia’s hair is still tousled from the attack on my father, but her green eyes are sparkling and she's never looked more beautiful than right now, even with that scarf. "I love it," I say, my heart pumping har

"I'd want to know too if I were in your shoes," she admits and gives me a comforting smile, placing a hand on my leg. Her scent smells like pity all of a sudden and though it makes me blush with embarrassment, I wait as she thinks a bit before speaking, "Now that I know about you, a couple of things make a lot more sense." "Like what?" I ask, starting to feel frantic. My hands won't stop sweating and I can't stop burying my fingernails in my legs with stress. I know I shouldn't add fuel to the fire, but when else will I have this opportunity to know two sides of the same story? Everything that Daniel told me sounded good… a little too good, if I’m being honest. "Well... when Clara and Daniel first got engaged, Daniel was very, very sad for a long time. It was incredibly weird to all of us how he could be sad when he was finally going to marry the love of his life. We didn't know he had a compatible omega that wasn't her. I guess he felt guilty about Mother Nature giving him someone