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“What did I say about running ahead?” I asked.
“But we’re almost done!” she protested.
“We’re not out of the maze yet though.”
“I’m gonna find the way out!” she declared, then ran down the next aisle out of sight.
“Madison Evers,” I scolded. “Get back here.”
“Come on!” she shouted back.
I sighed and made my way to the intersection, but when I looked in the direction she’d run she was nowhere to be seen.
“Madison!”
“Over here Scott.”
I jogged in the direction of her voice. “Stay where you are Maddie, and keep talking to me.”
A giggle and the sound of running feet.
“You can consider this afternoon’s ice cream date cancelled if you take one more step,” I announced.
The sound of running stopped.
“Where are you?”
“I’m here Scott.”
I followed the sound of her voice, but soon found myself at a dead end. I backtracked, but with each turn her voice seemed farther away, until I couldn’t hear her at all.
“Madison?” I yelled.
Children and adults laughed all around, but Madison’s voice wasn’t among them.
“Madison!”
Chapter 2 - Dom
“Break time,” announced my cousin Brian, rapping on the table that served as a ticket station.
“Huh?” I asked.
He laughed and perched himself on the edge of the table. “Ya got heat stroke or somethin’? You’ve been a space cadet for the past twenty minutes.”
Thoughts of curly brown hair and laughing blue eyes came to mind. Out of a steady stream of exhausted parents, the handsome omega seemed different somehow, and had set every one of my alpha instincts on fire.
I shook my head. “I’m fine.”
He leaned in and grinned. “Oh, I see. Some omega caught your eye.”
I snorted. “Yeah, all these gorgeous men with kids are distracting me.”
“That’s exactly what I’m sayin’.”
“Even if you were right, which you’re not, what would I be expected to do about it? Chase down a happily mated man?”
“Did ‘e have a bond mark?”
