Page 78 of Chosen Beta

Owen

Pete smirks as he closes the door on our newest fated mate. He looks me over with a raised eyebrow, and he shakes his head slowly.

“I can’t believe you came.”

“Well, I had to, considering you lost your mind bringing Shadow out here on public transport.”

He rolls his eyes. “It’s not like we’ve never taken a bus before. I know how to get people to back off. It’s no big deal.”

“It’s reckless, and you should have told him no.”

“What, so he would sneak out without either of us to protect him? Don’t be a dick. You know I had to say yes to keep him safe.”

I let out a weary sigh. “You’ve got an answer for everything.”

“Quit complaining. You know why we had to come here now. And you know why you did, too.”

“Ezra admitted it to you?” I ask.

He snorts. “Fuck no. Not until we were here. Fate brought us to her. Like it did with you.”

I hate it when he makes this much sense.

Or maybe I hate it because fate brought me to this place I never wanted to see again.

“Why the fuck hasn’t he told her?”

Now, he looks impressed. “You know he hasn’t told her?”

“It was something she said.”

“He was waiting for you.” Pete shrugs. “Don’t shoot the messenger. That’s what he told me.”

Okay. That’s not a shock.

Of course he waited for us all to find her like he did.

The effect of meeting her would have been diluted if he’d told us.

I probably would have done something similar, had our places been reversed.

And now?Now we’re all together, where she is, and I don’t immediately feel the need to walk into that room and spill that information.

“I wanted to talk to you before you go speak with Ezra,” Pete says.

“Hm?” I murmur.

“Lana has been changing a lot of things at the academy,” he starts. “And someone in her security team planted a camera in the hallway that leads to her suite here. So, she needs to be guarded around the clock …”

“You’re telling me she’s in danger?”

“Someone also unscrewed the lightbulbs in that hallway. She’s got to be the target. The only other occupants on that floor work in the hospital. No one would have a solid reason to target any of them.”

“Did you fix the bulbs?”

He nods.

I think about what he’s told me.

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