Page 121 of Sawyer

The blonde places her hand on mine in comfort. “Yes, and the doc is going to cure you.”

“Don’t listen to her. Thea’s mind broke when the deltas who took her shot her in the neck,” the dark-haired woman says. “I’m Vee. Call me Vee.”

“What did you say?” My throat dries up.

“My name is Vee,” she drawls.

I gape at the other woman, shocked.

“Oh,” Vee says. “Thea won’t tell you her name, but it’s Thea.”

“It’s actually Dorothea,” the blonde corrects.

Oh, by the fates. She is alive.

My pack’s omega is alive.

Sawyer

Life loves to throw out moments that test the limits of all I am capable of. Admittedly, it isn’t a whole lot some days.

They were right.

A storm of emotions swells inside me, and this is when I know I should be the bigger person. I should look this omega in the eyes and tell her that her mate is looking for her.

Her pack is looking for her.

A pack that I so desperately wanted to claim as my own.

This hurts.

“Damn.” Vee reaches across the table, slapping me gently on the cheek. “You good, boo? It looks like you just saw a ghost, and that ghost is Thea here. Which, I mean, she might be since her soul is dead.”

“I’m not dead.” Thea blinks her owlish eyes at me before turning them ever so slowly to Vee. “I’m more alive than I’ve ever been in my entire life.”

“Brainwashed is what you are.” Vee snorts. “Listen, you better head back to the bath and get washed up.”

“Oh yes!” Thea leans on her wrist with a dreamy look in her eyes. “I love observation hour.”

“Seriously, there is something fucking wrong with you.” Vee tosses her dark hair over her shoulder before focusing on me. “Come on, I’ll walk you back.” She side-eyes Thea like she might bite.

I don’t think she will bite, but there really is something wrong with her.

My gut twists again, and guilt churns and threatens to suffocate me. I open my mouth, but only a squeak comes out.

I am a terrible, horrible person. There isn’t a single reason to keep the secret to myself, and yet I do.

“I see you struggling with something, so let’s take care of that, shall we?” Vee doesn’t give me the option to say no. Instead, she grabs my hand, uncaring of my dizziness, and drags me out of the cafeteria.

I look back once, still seeing Thea in the same spot, staring at the wall with a look of bliss.

“What happened to—”

Vee pinches my side. “Nope, girlfriend, don’t do it.” She smiles at me as she leads me down the hall far too fast.

She doesn’t say a damn thing, only moves me to the opposite end of the hall while also giving the middle finger to a corner of the room with a scary smile on her face.

Steam slaps me in the face as soon as we are through, and Vee sighs a breath of relief.

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