Page 45 of The Omega's Bloodline: Part One

I wasn’t sure how long I cried there, surrounded by the yawning Appalachians. The forest pulsed around me and made my head swim. I had no idea what was happening, but it faded as quickly as it started and I attributed it to the sobfest.

Seth pressed against me.You want a ride, Lo?

I nodded without saying a word. Seth shifted into his larger form and I climbed onto him, Caden sliding into his panther form as well. We picked our way through the forest, and before we got back to the cabin, they were back in their small forms to follow me inside.

Logan was covered in dirt, and bits of the forest clung to her. With the door closed behind us, I ushered her into the bathroom and filled up the tub, brushing the leaves, pine needles, and the worst of the soil free. I ignored the experience we’d just been through in order to get her settled. I got her in the water and sat on the floor to comb her hair.

She didn’t say a word.

I stayed with her until the water cooled and eventually managed to convince her to climb out.

Logan slid into my arms, pressing the length of her damp body to mine. “I can’t believe someone killed her and left her there.”

I squeezed her tighter. “There’s a lot of evil running around in the world.”

“I hate it.” She sounded so tired.

“I know. You’re helping her get home. They’ll figure out who she is and her family will have closure.”

“Why couldn’t you and Seth see her? I thought cats can see ghosts.”

“Maybe she only wanted you to see her.”

Logan allowed me to put a fresh robe on her before I gathered her up to come into the living room. Seth already had a fire going to fill the room with warmth.

He turned toward us. “I’m thinking we’ll be okay with another night here. I didn’t go very far before that thing caught up to me, but we put some decent distance between us.”

“Are we going to run forever?” Logan asked.

“At least until we figure out what’s hunting us and how to kill it,” I replied.

She didn’t like that response. I could tell by the bristling tension of her body, but she bit her tongue.

“I need to see it again so I have a better idea of what the possibilities are.”

“Wait.” Seth’s eyes widened. “Again?”

“Yeah.” Logan seemed confused for a moment until she remembered. “Oh, right. You can’t see it.”

Seth turned to me. “How the fuck?”

I could only shrug. I hadn’t a clue why the hell Logan could see things we couldn’t.

“Is this a new thing or have you just never mentioned it before?” I asked.

“New. I don’t remember it ever happening in the past. Just since Seth popped up.”

I glared at my brother even though it wasprobablynot his fault. Everything came back to him.

“Please don’t look at me like that,” he whispered. “I’d never hurt her.”

I bit back what I wanted to say. Intention was different from action. He hadn’t meant to hurt Rachel either. Logan set a soft hand on my chest and I let it soothe away my tension. Seth didn’t matter right now. She did.

Her stomach growled and I laughed quietly, pressing a kiss to her forehead. “We should get you some food. It’s been a rough morning.”

“Food sounds amazing.”

Seth perked up. “I saw a nice-looking diner on our way in.”

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