Page 103 of Broken Omega

“You can’t tell anyone,” I warn him.

“And where are we going?” Frost calls back again.

Good question. The truthful answer is I didn’t plan that far ahead, but I doubt that’ll impress anyone.

“Your place?” I ask, figuring that’s as safe as any.

“We live in Crystal Lake,” Donnie admits. “And we can’t go out of the city while we’re working.”

“I still have my old apartment,” Frost says. “It has two weeks left on the lease.”

“Good plan,” Donnie tells him.

Kellan doesn’t say anything. He seems completely shocked.

He’s so totally the boy-next-door. He’s so good and sweet.

I can’t drag him into this mess. I’ll never stop feeling guilty if I do that.

“We should drop Kellan off somewhere,” I tell them, making his dark eyes widen.

“No!” he says, shaking his head. “I’m with you. Wherever you need to go. Whatever you need to do. I don’t need to be dropped off anywhere else.”

I’m not sure he even understands what he’s getting into here.

“Kellan, I’m going into hiding from my father. It won’t be safe.”

“Safe is boring,” he says, starting to lose the shock from his expression. “I waited ten years to see you again, Brooke. I’m not walking away now.”

Suddenly, it clicks. He waited ten years. We only met for a few minutes way back then. I dreamt about him for years, as my secret crush who I thought I made up.

Oh my God.“We’re mates.”

He nods. “I knew it the second we met.”

“Wait, wait, wait,” Donnie says. “This guy is your mate?”

He scrutinizes Kellan as if he’s trying to decide if he believes it.

“I don’t feel anything,” Donnie mutters.

“Who are these guys, Brooke? Are they really EMTs?” Kellan asks.

“As far as I know they are,” I tell him. “They also feel like my mates. I perfumed for them the first time we met. Like I bet I perfumed for you.”

“You did,” he admits. “It was way too early for that, but you did.”

“That’s probably why I dreamed about you after. “

“You dreamed about this guy?” Donnie asks.

“I did,” I confess, giving Kellan a smile.

“So, we’re all your mates,” Kellan says.

“It looks like it.” I shrug. “I mean, I’ve waited a long time for a true mate, so if a bunch want to come along all at once I’m not going to complain about it.”

“Oh, hey, what about that guard at the academy?” Donnie asks. “He tried to come with us just now.”

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