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It’s nice she is coming to me. I would have sought her out and triedto comfort her but she wants me and that makes things a little easier to deal with.

“Of course, princess.”

“Jace?” He pauses, looking at her as she holds her arms out. The way relief washes across his features as he comes to her, holding her close as he breathes her in, “Hi.”

She’s the center of our pack.Ouromega. And even if she doesn’t realize it, she’s checking in on all her alphas, making sure that we’re all okay after the evening we’ve had trying to find her.

Sadie doesn’t know what we know but she still is in-tune with us enough to know something is going on.

The one word softens him as he holds onto her, his nose burying in her hair, arms tight around her as his eyes close and he just lets himself feel her. It’s easier to think she’s okay when she’s in your arms.

I know from experience.

Her sigh comes out, I don’t even think she realizes it as she inhales Jace, nuzzling into him as her eyes stay squeezed shut. She’s so close to breaking point. The kind that has messy tears and I’m already panicked at the thought of them.

Blood and guts are one thing.

The omega you care about crying? Hellfuckingno.

Can’t handle that at all.

Dealing with her nightmares is one thing. I can handle calming her down from those.

The life she’s living now is upsetting her? Not built for that sort of trauma.

“Can I use your bath?” Her eyes are on me as I nod my head.

Sadie loves my bath.

She’s often there after work, just soaking as I come in, hopping into my shower as she bathes, watching me and waiting for me to come over to her when I’m cleaned up from the job.

Getting greeted with her warm kisses, as I sit on the stool and talk to her about her day is what gets me through work. I like how she lets me rub her shoulders or wash her hair. Sometimes she’ll let me make her come before dinner, her breasts rising above the bath water, perfectto be sucked on and kissed. Those pretty pink nipples getting hard when they meet the air and tasting like dessert in my mouth.

She pulls away from Jace, gives everyone a flash of the saddest smile I’ve ever seen. Her eyes go to each of us, like she is making sure that we are all okay before she turns and vanishes from the room.

And since we’re four adult, grown men, we react in silent screams of panic. All looking at each other trying to see who has a plan and who is going to figure out how the fuck to make our Sadie girl smile again.

“I’m going to her.” Cameron announces but Jace grabs his arm, getting a snarl from the man.

“She needs a second to process it. This is probably the first time she’s alone in a safe spot since everything happened to her.” Jace is calmer now that Sadie has touched him and we’re home. Grounded and more understanding, “Let's make dinner and let her come to us.”

With a task in hand I can handle things. I can cook and Sadie will come down once her bath is done. She just needs a break in a place where she feels safe and then she will feel better.

She’s going to be fine.

We’re here for her. She has us. She’s going to get through this.

I can make this right. I can make it all right. I can keep her safe and it will all be okay.

CHAPTER 28

SALT IN OUR WOUND

Sadie

The bath is cold around me.

I’ve been here for an hour just thinking over and over again about what happened.

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