Page 78 of Foxy Filthy Omega

“How did it go?” Garcia asked, redirecting my attention back to him.

“She’s going to share the pictures she took as well as the information from her hiking app,” I told him. “I didn’t learn anything new but it seems like the head was placed in thatlocation after she first walked past, but she did say it was dark when she started hiking.”

Telling him she’d already let me have the screenshots wasn’t necessary. I’d just send the information over once I downloaded it off her phone through the app.

Protecting my sources and methods were always my priority on cases like this.

“I also promised her an officer would take her home. I don’t want her driving in that state and they can get her dash cam footage from her before heading back.”

“I’ll have a patrol car follow them,” Garcia agreed.

“And keep one on her until this case is closed,” I advised. “We don’t have a distinct victim type yet, but she has the same hair color.”

He made a note of that and then flicked his fingers at one of the officers in uniform. “Anything else?”

“No, that’s it for now. I’m gonna head to the state park’s office and then go through the materials you sent over.”

“I’ll call once we wrap all this up,” Garcia assured me.

“Good luck.” I waved as I headed over to Soren, already considering the next step.

Leslie was still watching me and I waved goodbye, smiling when she blushed again. She was pretty cute and extremely eager to be helpful.

I could relate to that.

My smile dropped when I turned back to Soren and I stopped when I saw that strange look in his eye again.

I raised an eyebrow at him. “What’s your deal?”

“How did you do that?”

“Do what?”

I headed toward the state park’s office and he fell into step beside me.

“You got her to forget how scared she was.”

Studying him out of the corner of my eye, I was surprised he’d noticed something that subtle.

“Well…I’m not as intimidating as other alphas.”

“I don’t think that’s it.” Soren carefully inspected our surroundings as we walked. “You can be pretty scary.”

I almost tripped over my feet.

Me? Scary? I studied him out of the corner of my eye, wondering if he had a few screws loose. “What makes you think that?”

“You don’t use your pheromones to dominate others,” Soren explained as he pulled the visor on his cap down even farther. “But everyone still follows your lead. It’s pretty unusual for alphas to do that.”

He was far more observant than I’d given him credit for. Not only that, but he seemed to understand the nuances of what he was seeing more than most.

I found that very worrying.

“Throwing your pheromones around to bend others to your will doesn’t prove anything,” I muttered as I studied the trees. “Having strength and power doesn’t inherently mean you’re good at leading or taking care of others.”

“Exactly.” Soren smiled down at me and I almost stumbled over my feet all over again.

I’ve never really seen him smile and it changed his whole face. That neutral expression faded away and his eyes sparkled every time the sunlight caught them.

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