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“That there’s achildhere,” Abel snarls.
“That’s on a need-to-know basis.” The guard all but grins at him, his eyes dancing with wicked delight.
Theasshole.
“Fuck you, Ryland,” Abel growls, shoving him. “They can’t just take a fucking kid away. He’s supposed to grow uphere?”
“Watch your fucking tone, Abel,” Ryland sneers, pushing him back. “Or I’ll make sure they take away yourallowance.”
It’s the worst threat possible, but right now Abel doesn’t care.
“Fuck the allowance,” he hisses, the words falling from his mouth before he can stop them. “And fuck you for not giving a shit.”
“Fine. Have fun without it for amonth.”
Abel freezes. “You’re really going to take it away for a month,” he deadpans.
Ryland’s smarmy smile grows. He’s never liked Abel, and having a bit of power over him must make Ryland hard as a rock.
“Have fun with blue balls,” he says smugly.
Abel doesn’t regret the punch. It’s worth it to see Ryland’s nose explode with blood, even as Abel is knocked to the ground by an electric jolt from a taser.
He still gives a good fight, he thinks to himself. With their rigorous training, he’s able to kick two other guards off of himself before a pistol butt knocks him unconscious.
CHAPTER 3
HAZEL
“Miss Hazel, is Connor coming back?”
She doesn’t know how many times she can endure being asked that question. Kaylee’s innocent green eyes look up at her, interrupting story time.
“I heard he turned into an Alpha!” another kid yells, and others join in.
“Yeah, he was growling!”
“That means he’s going to be a soldier! So cool!”
“No, he’s going to bebigand ugly and scary!”
The book shakes in Hazel’s hands as she sits in the reading circle. Her eyes meet Kaylee’s and her heart breaks as the little girl begins to cry.
“I’m going to miss him,” Kaylee wails.
At the sight of their classmate falling apart, others start crying.
Get it together, Hazel. Control this.
But she wants to fall apart along with them. She wants to throw herself down on the ground, curl up into a ball, and weep.
Snap out of it. Get it together and deal with your shit later.
“Hey,” she says, giving the children a calm, bright smile. “It’s always good to be concerned about a friend. But I know for afactConnor is alright.”
“But is he coming back?” Allen asks her, his lip trembling.
“I can’t answer that for sure,” she tells him gently. “But no matter what, I know Connor is safe and happy.”
