“We have to tell my pack.”
Chapter 21
SEVEREN
“Saythatagain?”Iasked.
“I don’t believe it.” Crux said but it was hard to hear him over the ringing in my ears.
“Rowan’s omega donated my heart,” Skye repeated.
Next to me, Halo’s face broke into a wide smile. “I knew there wassomethingbetween you two.”
“What do you mean, between you two?” Crux asked.
“Wait, you knew about this?” I demanded.
“I knew about Rowan,” she answered calmly. “I didn’t know about the heart.”
“Since when?”
“The day before yesterday. You might have noticed yourself if you hadn’t been otherwise preoccupied,” Halo spoke coolly, but I knew what she was inferring.If I hadn’t chased Skye away.
Staring at the two of them, at my beautiful omega mate and this unfamiliar alpha, I tried to sort the myriad questions into a neat, orderly line and take them one after the next. “How did you two meet?”
“We met at a cafe while I was… out… the other afternoon,” Skye brushed a curl of hair behind her ear.
“How did you find out about the heart?” Crux asked, which I supposed was the million dollar question.
“We ran into each other at the hospital, after my check up. Put two and two together.”
“What was her name?” Crux asked.
“Indigo,” Rowan said. “Though it was only the two of us, we were registered as The Waters Pack.”
Halo crossed the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of wine. “This calls for a celebration. I think it’s serendipity that they found each other.”
Crux’s nostrils flared in his skepticism and he studied Rowan. “Prove it.”
Rowan faltered. “What do you mean?”
“Prove it.” Crux stepped closer to this new alpha. “Prove this isn’t a shakedown.”
I nodded, Crux had a point.
“I feel it,” Skye said. “Even before I knew about the donation, I felt a connection to Rowan. It’s not something you can fake.”
“This is happy news,” Halo cut in, pouring herself a glass of rose. “Well, maybe not entirely happy. Bittersweet. Nevertheless…”
Then, like reflex, I felt it happen again. I pulled away from the pack. From the bond. From Skye. I closed myself off, recoiledlike I had touched fire. The blue in my omega’s eyes went dull as she sensed my abandonment.
My pack felt it as well. Halo stonewalled me while Crux gave me the coldest look any man could muster.
Crux strode to the front door. “Fuck this.”
Skye followed, and Halo took a single step toward our packmate but went no further.
“Wait,” Skye said.
