Page 125 of Eclipse Sector
“If you’d like to challenge me for the role, I’d be more than happy to entertain the request,” he went on. “But as you’ve shown no desire to lead, then I’ll lead for you. Ivana is your priority right now, not Ashlyn.”
“Ashlyn is my priority,” Lorcan interjected. “She’s an Omega in my sector. And to answer your original question, Kieran, no. No one knows anything about where she went or how she disappeared.”
Kieran leaned back in his chair, a curse littering the air between us.
“Was she in Night Sector when she went missing?” I asked, trying to catch up on what I’d missed.
Kieran’s answer was promptly drowned out by someone screaming my name in my head.
Fuck! I instantly searched for the source of the voice.Mindy.
Cillian! Cillian! Cillian!she shrieked.
What the hell is going on? Where are you?I demanded, only to catch the location a half a beat later as several more thoughts assaulted me.
“Ivana,” I breathed, shadowing to a street a few blocks away from where she lived. “Oh, Ivana.” I picked her up off the pavement, a growl vibrating through my chest. “What happened, macushla?”
She said nothing, her mind silent.
Until it wasn’t silent at all.
Butloud.
With all the mental voices of everyone around us.
“Oh, shit.” I should have expected this. Sometimes Omegas—especially powerful ones—inherited their Alpha mate’s talents during the bonding process. It didn’t matter if I hadn’t bitten her back yet; the process had already started.
The same thing had happened to Quinnlynn and Kieran. She’d received a portion of his healing ability, allowing her to help all those Omegas in Bariloche Sector for nearly a century.
Had Quinnlynn slept with another Alpha, the bond would have been broken. But she’d remained faithful to him, thus her power had remained intact as a result.
Just as Ivana would now be able to read minds, and possibly communicate telepathically, too. Both talents would only deepen once I bit her.
Assuming she even wants that.
“Ivana,” I said, ignoring the unwanted thought. I held her close, intent on safeguarding her. Supporting her.Helpingher. “Ivana.”
A purr ignited in my chest, my need to soothe her flourishing inside me.
Ivana relaxed for half a beat, then winced and instantly covered her abdomen. I frowned down at the motion, aware that she was attempting to protect our unborn child. I just didn’t understand who she was protecting the baby from.
The voices?
From me?
I wasn’t sure because I couldn’t hear her over all the other thoughts echoing in her head.
Listen to me,I demanded.Only me, Ivana. Hear my thoughts. My words. Only mine.
She shuddered in response. Or perhaps she’d been trying to move.
Ivana,I tried again, this time reinforcing my tone with my wolf’s dominance.
A subtle whine echoed in response, her animal acknowledging my presence and my power.
So I kept going.
Focus on me, macushla. Pretend there are doors in your mind and slam all of them shut except for the one connected to me.
