Page 184 of Dream Mates
“Oh. When I look up Rosalind Silvers, the record is blocked with a message saying she’s a dangerous fugitive and to…” Lark’s voice shook. “To alert the Office of Designation Management. If they’re identical twins, I could see why they might be having record issues.”
“Indeed. Hmmm. Identical twins nearly always have identical designations–and as I’ve said before, I would absolutely believe Rosalind being a sigma. Thora had no idea, I’m sure. It’s not likethey test for it without cause. Sometimes people never know,” he explained.
“Sigmas often test as alphas when young,” Lark said.
“Are you saying that Thora is my birth mom, but I was somehow raised by her identical twin who pretended to be my mom?” I tried to make sense of all this.
Somehow the woman I thought wasmy mothertook me toanother world.
I needed Spencer so that I could figure out what was happening.
“That’s all that makes sense to me. If Rosalind was on the run, she might have thought it would be easier to hide with a child by changing her profile,” Nate told me. “Sorry, Harry likes true crime dramas.”
“That makes a lot of sense. But shouldn’t I have had a record? Shouldn’t I have come up on the face-scanny thing?”
“You do have a record underGrace Theodosia Silvers.That’s how I knew your name and birth date. But they usually don’t add the genetic profile of babies when they’re first born, especially back then,” Nate told me. “The genscan automatically attached itself to that record, based on your name, birthday, andme,because I’m listed as your father. The record you grew up with was faked, I’m sure. Especially since you’re listed as being a year older, but the same month and year.”
“GraceTheodosia?” I started giggling, because this was all too weird. “It’s GraceCassidy.”
He frowned. “Oh, Cassidy was a name that Rosalind liked. But I’m surprised that she even kept your first name and birth day and month. That was a little sloppy and I’m surprised I never found you. I… I did look.”
“I believe you.” My mind–and heart–raced. No, Rosalind could be sloppy because somehow she ended up in adifferent world.How did she even do that?
Unless…
Spencer’s dad and Dr. K took in illegal omegas. What if in return someone helped them smuggle illegal designations out and somehow Rosalind was one of them?
Ireallyneeded to talk to Spencer.
But if Rosalind was from this world and she was the one who raised me…
“Professor?” My chest grew tight. “Rosalind knew who you were, didn’t she? She would know you’re an omega? And that you were my dad and there’d be a chance I’d be like you?”
“Unfortunately, I knew Rosalind very well. We didn’t get along, and I’m sure she knew that I was your father. Thora’s parents knew I’d gotten her pregnant and left her. Her mother wasneverany help in finding you,” he replied. “Told me that it served me right. I always wondered why she wouldn’t care about finding her grandchild. But if she knew that you were actually with Rosalind, well, that explains it.”
“She knew.” Panic seized me as my body shook. Memories came back to me. Every time my mother scolded me for making a burrow or a blanket fort. Every time I was punished for too many stuffies. She knew that there was a possibility of what I could become.
When she found out about Wes, she knew that I could end up being an omega and had somehow found an alpha.
Not just any alpha, my soulmate.
This also meant that me being good at math had nothing to do with embarrassing her. Me wanting to travel to other worlds using mathwasn’tdelusional.
No. It was a direct threat to her existence.
Also, she might have an actual reason to hate alphas.
“She knew.” I wrapped my arms around my knees and started to sob.
“Grace, sweetie. Oh…” Worry filled the professor’s scent. “I’ll give you all the space you need after we get out of here, but please, let me hold you now.”
His arms wrapped around me, and I sobbed into his shoulder.
“I’ve got you. I’ve got you. What are you trying to tell me?” Nate said softly.
“There’s a recent note in Grace’s file stating she was raised beta and only recently discovered that she was a gamma,” Lark said softly.
Nate sucked in a breath, arms wrapped tightly around me as he rocked us back and forth.
