Page 41 of Deadly Sweet

“Holy fuck.” I blink, looking behind me at the Omega who’s watching us with curious eyes, then back to Jake. “We found her.” I let out a disbelieving laugh. “We fucking found her.”

“I think I’m going to be sick,” Jake mutters.

“Shit.”

“Is everything okay?” Savannah’s voice sounds from behind me, making my head snap backwards.

I don’t know what to do. What to say. I look at Jake, and he shakes his head at me with wide eyes.Okay, so he doesn’t want me to say anything.

There’s no recognition in Savannah's eyes. “Hi.” She gives Jake a beaming smile as she holds out her hand. “We haven’t met yet, I’m Barney.”

“Savannah,” Duchess calls out. “We have to go.”

“Okay, fine,” Savannah sighs. “My name is Savannah, but you can call me...”

“Savvy,” Jake whispers. “All your friends do.”

She frowns, most likely confused about how he would know that, but then she blinks a few times, eyes growing foggy, and I can see it wash over her face, the realization of who Jake is for her. “Alpha,” she moans, and I catch her swaying body. My eyes find Jake, and he looks like he’s going to cry or be sick. Maybe both.

Savannah never knew who Jake was to her, and this is how she’s finding out. Without even knowing who Jake is and their past together.

Jake hasn’t changed in looks since he was a teenager; one look at the guy and you’d know who he was even twenty, thirty, forty years later.

“I have to go,” Jake says, taking a step back. “I–I can’t do this. I can’t be here.”

“Fuck. Okay.” I nod. Savannah frowns.

“What? Why?” she asks, sounding hurt.

Jake turns around and takes off. “Shit,” I sigh heavily, not sure what to do. Do I go after my best friend, or do I stay with my Omega? I don’t want her to think we’re running from her. I’d never run. She’s everything I’ve been looking for, literally.

She’s the woman we’ve been trying to find for years. My best friend’s girl. Now, mine?

God, this is all fucked up. We found her with a dead body, and this is way worse than that in my eyes. My best friend is hurting, confused.

This isn’t how he saw his reunion with her going. And the fact that she has no clue who he is has got to hurt.

“Caleb, get him back here now. Or I will,” Duchess demands. “We need to leave. You are coming with me. We need to talk.”

“Shit, okay.” I nod, not liking the pissed off look on my little sister's face. She might be younger than me, but that woman could slit my throat in three seconds or less. She scares the shit out of me. I still stay up at night regretting all the times I used to pick on her, wondering if she’s going to feel the need for revenge and stab me in my sleep.

Reaching up, I cup Savannah’s face. “I’ll be right back, okay? I’m just going to get him.”

“Is he mad at me?” she asks. “Because I didn’t do anything.” She sighs. “Okay, I was found with a body, and I could see how that might freak some people out. But, just like tell him it’s not real. Maybe that would help him feel better.”

I laugh, shaking my head. “You’re amazing, you know that?”

Her eyes light up. “Really?” My heart fucking explodes with the way she smiles at me. “No one has ever said that to me before.”

Fucking hell. “Then I’ll just have to tell you every day, then, won’t I?” I wink before kissing the tip of her nose. “Be right back.”

It kills me to leave her as I jog in the direction Jake left.

I find him a block away, squatting against a wall, his face in his hands.

“Hey,” I say, slowing down when I reach him.

“It’s her.” He looks up at me with tear-filled eyes. “And she has no fucking clue who I am.”

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