Page 24 of Omega for the Pack

“Shh, it’s for your own good,” muttered Grant next to my ear. I shook my head wildly, trying to escape, but he handled me like I was a little doll.

“Let’s go,” said Tony. “Sam said he’s close.”

“Hey! What’s going on over there?” shouted a voice.

I recognized it as the captain’s voice.

“Fuck, we need to jump over,” said Grant. “We can’t wait for Sam.”

Wait, what?!

Before I could scream or do anything to stop it, Grant started racing to the edge of the ship as I bounced in his arms, holding him for dear life.

He jumped overboard with me in his arms. His hand released my mouth at the impact of the cold water, and I screamed.

Oh my god, I wasn’t ready to die.

“We need life jackets!” I screamed.

“There’s no way,” said Grant. Then, suddenly, I felt a sharp, icy pain on my head as I hit the edge of the ship.

Then everything went black.

Ten

GRANT

“Fuck!” I yelled when the icy water hit me. Tiana’s unconscious body was draped over my shoulder. She had hit her head hard, and it had all happened in a split second.

It was all my fault.Please let her be alive…

I wrapped an arm around her, holding her tight as I swam in the water.

“Grant!” shouted Tony, his long hair drenched from the water as he swam over to us. “What happened to her?”

I tapped her face repeatedly. “Wake up, Tiana!”

Her body was still, but she was breathing.

“What happened?” growled Tony, pushing Tiana’s hair away from her face.

“She hit her head when I jumped,” I explained, rubbing her cheeks to warm them.

“Damn.”

“Where’s Wes?” I asked, scanning the perimeter of the water. My body was shivering and cold as I looked around. My teeth were chattering out of control. A werewolf didn’t belong in water like this.

“Over there,” said Tony. Wesley was swimming over to us.

“Let’s swim towards Howl’s Edge,” I said. “We’ll meet Sam on the way since he was coming to get us with his boat.”

“How will Sam find us?” asked Wesley.

“We’re a pack. He’ll know,” I said. “Let’s go.”

I was adapting to the water already. We werewolves weren’t built like humans. We had the stamina to survive something like this. But I had a sinking feeling that we could be swimming forever. The waves kept pushing me back, hurling my body in every direction. I lost my phone on the ship, and I was getting disoriented the more we swam away from the ship. I swiped the water from my eyes, trying to see clearly.

I lifted Tiana off my shoulder. I tapped her face and pinched her cheek.

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