ALDRIC
The hallway stretched before me. Empty. Quiet. The kind of quiet that came after midnight when most people had sense enough to be sleeping.
I turned the corner and stopped.
The Luna Omega stood there. Her back was to me. Shoulders hunched like she carried weight she wasn't built to hold. When she turned, I saw the tears. Fresh ones that left tracks down her cheeks. She tried to hide them. Failed.
My intel had been clear. The medic omegas would be getting their loyalties tested by the spiritually inclined freak that called herself an elder. The doctor and healer were supposed to be gone by now. Yet here she was. Still lingering. Still inserting herself where she didn't belong.
The sentinels at the door wouldn't see me as a threat. They knew who I was. What I meant to this pack. But this omega. This unexpected variable. I didn't like that she was here and I didn't know why.
"Luna Fia." I let warmth color my voice. Let my smile reach my eyes. "We meet again."
