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I don’t do anything too invasive—she deserves her privacy, still—but I check for any criminal records.
Nothing. She’s clean.
I stare at the picture on her driver’s license too long. The smile she gives the camera is different than the small one she gifted me—the Omega I saw today had a sad, defeated expression behind her eyes.
It’s a look I’ve seen far too many times on people.
Skylar is suffering, and there’s nothing I can do to rectify it.
I don’t get attached to people—that’s one thing River and I have in common. We both dedicate ourselves to our job and put in more time than most people.
But if I had the time…
I would want to help Skylar.
My Alpha wants an Omega badly. I want to provide, I want to nourish, I want to knot.
I want all the things that this job makes difficult to have.
I continue to stare at her photo like a lovesick little boy, my cock growing hard.
But I won’t debase her like that, even if the thought of touching myself while staring at her photo is tempting.
I close the browser window and sigh, running my hand through my hair. I need to sleep, too. I’m supposed to pick River up in the morning, but it would be helpful if he answered any of my texts.
Unless he’s with Skylar and they’re…
No. It’s not my business.
But the ache in my chest grows, and I realize how attached I’ve already become to this Omega.
She brought us cookies.
No one does that for us.
I look for the box they came in, but it’s not at my desk anymore.
I frown.
The only people that saw that box were me, her, and River…
Standing up from my chair, I make my way down the hallway and into River’s office.
Sitting on his desk chair is the white box, with half the macarons eaten.
I scoff.
In moving the box off the chair, the armrest nudges his computer mouse, and his monitor lights up.
He must have forgotten to lock his computer.
But Skylar Bloom shows on the screen, and I realize we were both doing the same thing.
He had pulled up the police report of her friend’s disappearance, which was filled out by his cousin.
I study it quickly, then sigh.
It’s a missing persons case we can’t afford to take on, yet now both of us are intrigued.
