The Alphas Who Owned Her
Gwen said, not looking up from the pile of refuse in front of her.
"They’re saying the Fenwicks wanted you specifically. That you did something to piss them off and they took payment in blood." Cole’s voice was flat, observational. "That you came back different."
Gwen sorted a plastic bottle into the recyclables bin. Didn’t respond.
"Just so you know," Cole continued, "different gets noticed. And noticed is dangerous for omegas."
She walked away without waiting for a response.
Emma, who’d been working nearby, caught Gwen’s eye. There was sympathy in her expression, the kind that said she understood what Cole had been trying to do. Not threatening exactly, but a reminder that visibility was a