Page 217 of Drown My Sorrow
I nod my head and look up into Kelly’s blue green Raines' eyes, the same eyes I met when I was sixteen years old. He holds out his hand in a way I always dreamed about.
“Get up here, then.”
I glance around at my pack. A pack I never dreamed of helping me conquer fears I thought would crush me forever. That day we met again, when I almost drowned, was life changing for me, but I don’t want to experience that again. I want to be able to save myself.
“Omega, come spread those golden wings and learn how to fly with us.”
Once I thought I’d drown under the weight of my sorrow. But that was a different life with a different omega.
I’ve changed.
I’ve healed.
Nat howls with laughter and waves at me from where she and her boyfriend are splashing around.
I lift my hand and wave back. I’m so glad she’s here.
I’m not the same person, and I’ve closed that chapter. These are our golden years, our green years. There is no room for sorrow, and I’m not going to drown.
I’m going to fucking swim.
Happiness is mine if I just have the courage to take it. I swing up onto the surfboard, letting out a wild whoop when Kelly turns and paddles us out to sea. It’s beautiful. It’s a whole new world. The pack follows us out.
I have the courage. I found it when I found them. When I found myself.
Because we are Daane.
