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“They will let me narrate but leave me alone.”
Genny smiled. “Yes. That doesn’t mean that they aren’t going to look at you.”
“I will conceal myself as best I can. I was right in the room with you, and no one saw me. I have practice.”
Genny sighed and stole a slider. “How did you get the mark on your forehead?”
“I took a sword to the face. You know, the standard way.”
“Did you want one of the dark Elite? There are going to be some in the audience during the performance.”
“No. I met my match once and showed myself to him, and he wasn’t impressed.” Meira sighed. “I get to be one of those fun omegas who survived mate rejection. That was my last experience with a dark Elite and the last one I care to have.”
Genny kept eating her food, so Meira sighed and went to get another round. The crowds were already dissipating, so the lines were short. She ordered and saw the female Elite in the truck. The woman with the blue stripe in her hair was staring and handed the food over numbly. There was an extra pack of desserts. “I didn’t order this.”
The woman smiled. “Keep it. It’s on the house.”
“Thank you, and happy holidays.”
Meira took the tray back to Genny and fed her niece while getting enough sustenance to last her until the evening show.
* * * *
Ruby followed the image that Emmy had sent her and locked on to the woman in the neutral beige sweatshirt with the hood pulled all the way forward.
“Rayden, what was the story behind that woman?”
“The woman who fought the Elite and won?”
“Yes.”
“We heard about it from the Elite who were trying to impress how formidable the Elite omegas were. She was a late developer, and they tried to take her from her high school. She fought them with such resistance that they pulled weapons on her. Her body responded and developed blades for defense, but she couldn’t stand up against trained warriors.”
Ruby’s eyes were wide. “But she did.”
“She killed two, but the third slashed her across her face, and she stumbled back. He returned to the Stronghold but died of his injuries. The Stronghold declared her dead, and no one was to look for her... ever.”
“So, what happened when the dark Elite got loose?”
“We developed careers and personas that matched them.”
“She doesn’t have mates?”
Rayden looked and said, “Her energy doesn’t reach out of her like yours did for me and Marshall. Her body is perfectly calm.”
Ruby said, “But when she speaks, when she sings, you can hear it. She’s so lonely my heart breaks.”
Across the field, the hood lifted and turned toward Ruby. A light whisper came to her. “I am sorry. I will try and keep it to myself.”
Ruby jolted as she saw under the hood for a moment. A beautiful face with a slash of multicoloured energy went from eyebrow to jaw. The face disappeared, and the woman turned her head back to Green.
She and Rayden went to get some food, and Emmy provided them with heaping trays. Emmy said, “Did you see the other omega?”
Ruby nodded. “I did.”
“It hurts to look at her. She’s so sad.”
When Rayden turned with the tray, Green was sitting alone. Ruby walked up to her and asked, “Where did your aunt go?”
