Page 29 of Chosen Beta

Our lead Alpha is the one who needs to make that move.

She doesn’t seem to know what to say to Pete’s compliment.

It was probably already obvious that he was interested, considering the situation he thinks he’s covering up with that cushion.

“What did you need us to sign, or whatever?” I ask.

“This is the guest book,” she tells us, picking up the pen and handing it to me. “First name, last name, date and time, and who you’re here to visit.”

I take the pen and nod. “Okay, sure.”

“The form is in case you intend to stay in your mate’s suite longer term. You can take it with you and pass it back to me filled out if you need to use it.”

I fill out the guest book for me, and then I offer Pete the pen.

He frowns at me, so I fill it out for him, too, using one of his aliases.

“So, when do you run background checks and tell us we’re kicked out?” I ask, as I put the pen down on the filled-out guest book page.

She smiles at me. “I skipped the background checks when I let you in. Dr. Clarke really helped me out of a tough spot by coming out here to work in the medical unit. He’s a good man. I trust his judgement.”

I can hear the warmth in her voice as she talks about him.

She might not be fully aware of what it means, but she feels a connection to him.

It’s harder to tell if she feels it with us, but I guess we just met.

“I’m Shadow,” I introduce myself, as I pick up the form and fold it up.

I can feel Pete watching me with a frown.

He isn’t into the idea of staying here.

I wouldn’t have been, either.

That was before.

“And this is Pete,” I go on, when he typically doesn’t chime in.

He growls lightly, grudgingly, at being introduced, as if he’s trying to remind me that despite how this woman feels to us, she’s still running the kind of establishment that neither of us want any part of.

“Nice to meet you both,” she says, as she brushes a hand over her skirt. “I’m Lana Cole, the latest head of admin here at Goldcrest.” She gets to her feet. “If you’re ready to go, I’ll take you to Dr. Clarke’s suite. He should be on a break soon so you should expect him shortly.”

“Do the heads of admin change a lot?” I ask, realizing she mentioned a predecessor already.

“Recently, there have been a lot of changes,” she admits, as we get up and follow her to the door of her office.

I’m careful to maintain a bit of distance between us, not sure it would be wise to let her fall under the spell of my perfume. I know how powerful it can be.

I wouldn’t want to do something that might be hasty.

We literally just met this woman, and despite our obvious attraction to her, she’s also in charge of a place that pimps Omegas out to the richest Alphas in the area.

I don’t know how it’s possible that Lana could be our mate.

Pete clearly doesn’t understand it, either.

We glance at each other as we follow her back out to the reception area.

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