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“Because of her scent! He’s a good man, and you think we can find a pack to take her?”
“Most don’t reactquitethat poorly. She was terrified and—if you ask me—nearing heat. I don’t think we should put her back on suppressants just for this?—”
“Wehaveto.” His autumn leaf scent became frustrated, like a storm had picked up in the office.
“And… you’re sure…” Aunty Lauren sounded sad. “About the scent match? There’s no chance?—”
“None. You think I don’t want this fixed? I swear, if there was any chance, I would smuggle her into the Valentine division myself. Her scent is unnatural; it repels all scent profiles I tried to pair it with. And I ran those tests myself.”
I had to clamp myhand over my mouth and squeeze my eyes shut to stifle the cry that tried to escape at those words. I knew the truth, but hearing it like that…?
“We cannot keep on like this,” Aunty Lauren said. “She can’t even have a nest.”
“She’s too unstable. She is happiest when her hormones are dulled. You saw how angry she became—any little thing wrong in the room. This isn’t just about keeping others from hurting her, she could hurt herself. It’s notrational. There are some things that cannot be fixed without drugs.”
“She is not broken?—”
“Don’t start.”
“She is no more unstable than an alpha before a rut. For alphas, we suggest an omega, there’s no reason a pack won’t balance her?—”
“Wetalkedabout this—” Uncle sounded exasperated.
“This is not a life!” Aunty said. “What if it were me–”
“Lauren—!”
“Would you allow this, if it were me?”
There was a long silence.
“I’ve done everything that I can,” Uncle hissed. “More than I needed to. More than waseverexpected of me—what happened to her was not my fault.”
“Itwasyour trial. She cannot live like this. I shudder to think what the Institute will do if they take her back. But if we find her alphas to bond with. You’resureit will neutralise her scent—it has to balance her instincts, too. The Institute will allow it if we can find one.Youcan tolerate her, so why not?—?”
“Barely!” Uncle’s words came through gritted teeth.
“I thinkif we offered enough money—” Aunty Lauren began.
“You want me topaysomeone to bite her?”
I shivered.
A... pack?
A wounded, hollow part of me cracked, almost pushing me to throw myself from under the desk and beg him on my knees for it.
A pack to care for me? A nest and... love and touch… And they would know I was an omega. I would be allowed tobean omega. Properly… I shoved back my tears, drawing blood with how hard I bit my lip.
Here, I wasn’t allowed to be an omega, and every day that passed on scent blockers, hiding instincts, without a nest… Already missing most of my past. Now, each day, my present and future were withering.
I felt like a shell…
That’s what I was in here for, to scour Uncle’s books on auras and packs. Aunty Lauren gave me romances, but I didn’t know if they were real or not. Uncle had the real books. The books with facts and truths for me to look through and maybe find an answer?—
“Find a good match,” Aunty Lauren was saying. “Make sure they know ahead of time. Ensure they have the resources to keep her somewhere safe on a large estate like this one. They can care for her?—”
“Even if I could, what might she offer them? She’s gold pack, so there can be no children. No?—”
