Page 17 of A Drink of Destiny
“Do you have his phone number?” Alvis asked, looking back and forth between Annila and I.
“I do!” she nodded. “Where did Nic put my phone?”
“I’m not sure. I think it’s in the safe,” I said and bit my lip.
“Call him!” They both told me at the same time.
Nic answered straight away, and I hated not being able to fill him in on the details of how his mother was awake for now but if Sharon had snatched up Arrow and ran off with him the sooner we found him the better. Nic offered to try to call him because he wasn’t about to give me the combination to the safe and I didn’t blame him. I wouldn’t rob him blind but we all needed safe places to keep our treasures.
Nic texted me back a few minutes later to say that he didn’t answer.
“Shit!” Annila swore under her breath. “Shit!”
“What is Arrow, Annila?” I asked, not sure if I wanted to hear the answer.
“Umm…. That’s private,” she said, crossing her arms over her chest, looking more and more like the dragoness I had known before she conked out from whatever the enraged, greedy shebear had done to her.
“Is he an omega?” I whispered the question, fearing that walls still had ears.
“A bear,” she nodded, her voice barely above a whisper. “I didn’t know at first.”
“Is it bad for him to be an omega?” I asked, confused.
“He’s a medic,” Annila explained.
“And omegas can’t be medics? That doesn’t sound right. If that’s right, I’m going to go talk to Clarence as soon as we make sure Arrow’s okay,” I said, annoyed at the thought of oppression seeping into the culture that I was living in for better or worse for now.
“They can,” Annila said. “But he’d be more likely to get a hard time if people knew.”
“And it’s none of their bloody business,” Alvis said. “That’s why medical workers have the right to pheromone blocker spray. Sure, it protects the patients from reacting to a medical provider because of their inner beasts but it also provides privacy.”
“Well, if the cat’s out of the bag now, I guess there’s nothing we can do about it.”
“Nothing’s out of the bag,” Alvis shook his head. “She wants a baby, mate. A baby that Arrow could potentially have for her.”
“Do you know if he’s seeing anyone? Could he be pregnant?” I asked Annila and she let out a bitter laugh.
“Love, I’ve been knocked out and held a sleeping captive of a crazy woman. I don’t know what anyone’s doing.”
“Did she hurt you?” I asked and hated myself for asking it as soon as the last word tumbled out of my mouth. At least there was enough room to shove my foot in there between my caninesbecause apparently sticking my foot in my mouth was a new past time of mine ever since I moved to Earthside.
“No, it’s okay, Raiel,” Annila said, picking up on my scent. “She didn’t hurt me. She was…. So polite. Like scary polite sometimes. She wanted to know everything she could about her grandson but Mori or someone put something around the baby that she couldn’t scry him or anything like that directly.”
“Xenos,” Alvis said. “It would’ve been him or his mate even if he didn’t tell his kids.”
“Wait! Is your kid okay?” I asked, remembering Arrick had left a bit ago in search of Sharon.
Alvis held up a finger to silence me and cocked his head to the side before laughing. “He’s found the kitchen and has thrown a pizza in the oven. I hope Nic and Beal won’t mind.”
“They don’t eat microwaved pizza. Nic would just order out and Beal… Well, he has beef with the microwave. He even uses the oven to reheat leftovers. I do too but… Even if you put frozen food in the oven Beal calls it mystery meat,” I laughed. “Me? Whatever. It hasn’t killed me yet and that shit is good.”
“It is,” Annila nodded her agreement. “But back to Sharon. Having me out cold just made her life easier, I think. She’s so damn strange. She didn’t even wince at my carving out Topher’s heart. She made a point of letting me out to hold the baby but usually only for the baby.” Annila blinked as if recalling the exact details of the situation gave her a headache.
“Where do we even begin looking for Arrow?” Alvis asked and I hated not having the answers for my mate.
Chapter Eleven
Crilus
