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I’m not surprised when we show up to a suburban neighborhood. The kid is a high schooler and doesn’t know the power of what’s in his little plastic baggie.
O is powerful and deadly. It mimics the euphoric feelings of an Alpha’s Rut and is laced with synthetic Omega pheromones.
The stuff has shown up everywhere in the past three months and is responsible for an alarming number of deaths.
They haven’t arrested the kid yet. It gives us time to question him.
River barrels past the police officer standing in the doorway of the home. I glance at a middle-aged woman, presumably the teenager’s mother, who looks stricken with grief.
“What will happen to him?” I hear her ask the officer.
I should catch up to River before he terrifies the teenager, but my thoughts are consumed with Skylar.
I’ve barely known her two days, yet already I want nothing more than to just inhale her scent—the sweet musk mixed with vanilla.
As if on cue, my phone buzzes.
Hey. What kind of cookies do you like?
I can’t help but grin.
You should be resting, Miss Bloom.
The last thing she needs to worry about is what flavors I enjoy.
Although, anything Skylar flavored would be nice—
“Landon,” River says, snapping me out of it. “We going to do this or not?”
I catch a gawky teenage boy sitting on his parent’s couch, scared out of his mind, while River stares him down.
Our schtick works well. River terrifies them, then I come in and coax answers out.
Once they find out we’re not the police, usually the softer ones come around.
And this kid doesn’t look like he’ll put up a fight.
My phone buzzes again.
Don’t tell me what to do, Detective. I’m perfectly capable of taking care of myself. Now answer the question.
I fight a smile, and both River and the kid stare at me.
Vanilla. It’s a new favorite of mine.
I text my answer quickly, then put my phone back into my pocket.
I do my best to push her out of my mind, but it doesn’t work.
She’s in the back of my brain. If I’m not focused on work, I’m focused on her.
Take Omega. Claim Omega. Help Omega.
Save Omega.
As we leave the neighborhood, River decides to start a conversation for once.
