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“Listen, we won’t talk about it,” I said. “I just want to go camping and relax a little. Let’s talk about other things, like your singing. How are Ben and Ty?”

I needed to change the subject quickly because I was scared I might blurt out the truth to her about what really happened at the OBC. I didn’t want her to know what happened to me or anyone for that matter except for my mother. I felt ashamed, embarrassed, and dirty, like it was my fault it happened. She wouldn’t understand since she hadn’t gone through anything like I did there.

At the mention of two other males, Ryder growled from the driver’s seat.

“Oh, hush,” said Lacy, rolling her eyes. “I work with them, and I sleep with you at night, so there is no need to act all territorial now.”

I laughed, and soon the mood brightened again. Lacy rested her hand on her belly, and I contemplated asking her if she was pregnant, even though I couldn’t tell. But I didn’t want to act creepy as hell.

Oh, fuck it.

“Lacy, are you pregnant?”

“I am,” she confirmed, looking down.

“Oh, congratulations,” I said. “How many months?”

“Two, but there’s also something else…”

“Yeah?” I asked, not sure what else could top this news. I was happy for her, but it only made me think of my own possible pregnancy. I really hoped I wasn’t pregnant. I still felt sick every morning, but I refused to take the test and be subjected to what reality had to offer.

“I got married too,” said Lacy. “Meet my new husbands.”

Now that hurt. She went ahead and got married without me being there. Did she even intend to ever come back for me?What the hell?!

But I put on a fake smile instead of losing it on her, “I’m really happy for you. You deserve all the happiness in the world. No need to put your life on hold because of me.”

Twenty-Seven

OLIVIA

“Why are you setting up your tent so far away?” Lacy asked, following me.

“I don’t want to hear any knottings going on,” I said, and she blushed furiously.

“God, you don’t have to be so gross,” she said. “I’ll come back when you’re less grouchy.”

Manny and Adam, whom I considered brothers to me, had also arrived on the trip. We had all grown up together as children, and our mothers were very close, so we were comfortable with each other.

“It’s so amazing you’re here again,” said Manny, helping me with my tent while Adam worked on his tent to share with Manny. “I tried my best with the Royal Pack and all, but they wouldn’t pay attention to a sigma like me.”

“Wait, are you sure you’re a sigma?” I asked.

I was happy for him but also apprehensive since sigmas weren’t accepted well into the Howl’s Edge community yet. I took a good look at him. Considering his wide shoulders and big-boned structure, I could see that he was a sigma. There weren’tmany of these types of werewolves on the island, and were shunned in the past as outcasts. They didn’t like to be ordered about by authority, which is why his sigma fathers never lived in the city and would rather live on the outskirts of the island.

“Yes,” he said, smiling. “Just like my dads, Kodan and Seth. Even though Luke is an alpha, he treats me the same.”

“Of course he would,” I said, hugging him. “He’s your dad too.”

But Manny’s face suddenly fell, “my beta girlfriend doesn’t think it’s cool that I’m a sigma, and I could tell she’s disgusted by me.”

“Aw, Manny, I’m sorry,” I said, tucking my hair behind my ear. It was a little windy today despite the sun. “You’ll find someone who’ll appreciate you. Or maybe she’ll come around.”

“Highly doubt that,” he said. “What’s up with you and Lacy? Your tent is so far from hers.”

“Nothing,” I said. “I just want to be nearer to the trees.”

After we finished setting up our tents, we all decided to go on a hike before lunch. I tried to enjoy myself talking to everyone, but I kept to myself. The hurt still settled within me that everyone just forgot about me despite what I’d gone through.

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