* * *
After sayinggoodbye to the foxes, I realized I had a lot of things to deal with.
Every cell in my body craved returning to Halo’s side. An alpha without his omega was like half a soul. The fact that he was pregnant with our second child made everything about this even more strained and difficult.
But I had to keep my head on straight. Rushing in to attack Zenon alone would end in disaster. He was an alpha dragon mage, with an additional alpha dragon soldier in the form of Silas. The fight wouldn’t be easy. As much as I despised to admit it, maybe it was best that Halo was conserving his magical energy for the battle. If anyone could get us all out of there alive, it was him.
The words of the fox omega Halo echoed in my mind.If anyone can keep himself safe with his magic, it’s the Golden Dragon.
I smiled to myself. He was right. If there was one thing my mate was damn good at, it was keeping himself alive. There wasn’t a single doubt in my mind that he would keep our unborn child safe, too.
I suddenly paused in my tracks. With the time bestowed on me now, I could do something I’ve been wanting to do since I arrived here in the present day.
I scanned my surroundings and found what I was looking for. A large, clinical building stood towering in the center of Cinderhollow. One of the hospitals.
My heart flipped in anticipation. For the first time since the incident, I would see my daughter.
I was going to find Angel.
* * *
It waseasy enough to act like a confused tourist, because I still felt like one. I asked for Dr. Lynden by name and claimed she was the only person I knew in Cinderhollow who could help me (partially true), then played dumb when I told her I needed to know where to find the Drunken Dragon bar.
She had quirked a brow. “If you’re looking for Scar, you can just ask.” She gave me the directions, but added in a stern voice, “I have to warn you. I don’t know you very well, so if you’re planning to harm that man, I can promise you it’s a bad idea. Just remember that.”
I promised her genuinely that I wouldn’t harm him. She had sighed and waved me off, telling me not to get lost.
Dr. Lynden’s advice only solidified what Halo told me earlier - that the omega raising our child owned a bar, and the easiest way to find him was to enter it. Thankfully for me, the evening crowd meant I was just a forgettable face among dozens of others. I took a seat somewhere in the middle - not too close to the door, but not close enough to the bar counter that I would be easily seen.
I kept my head down until a waiter showed up with a grin. His name tag readNATE.
“Hey, man. Can I grab you anything?” Nate asked.
“Sure,” I said as casually as possible. This was my first time entering a bar since - well, four centuries ago, and even then I wasn’t an avid alcoholic drinker. All the brands and colors were alien to me. “I’ll have whatever you recommend.”
Nate nodded. “Sure thing. Be back in a sec.”
As he left, I peered at the counter from the corner of my eye. Two figures stood behind it, roughly the same height. One had pale skin, dark hair and eyes, and muscles just big enough to be noticeable. His smile was big and kind.
He must be the alpha,I guessed.
The other man -
I held back my gasp when I saw him. He was scarred and missing limbs that were replaced by prosthetics.
Halo mentioned the men’s names were Ryu and Scar. I supposed that one was Scar.
At first I felt a cruel distaste stirring in my stomach.Thesewere the men raising my child? Some alpha and his scarred omega?
But then I saw why they were smiling so widely.
They both faced a baby carrier. At one point, the alpha - Ryu - took the carrier in his arms and I caught my breath.
There was Angel. She was smiling and laughing, more happy than I’d seen her in a long time.
As I stared, stunned, the omega Scar scooped her up in his arms and kissed her forehead. Angel let out a shriek of delight and balled her hands up into happy fists. Both Ryu and Scar began to laugh. All three of them seemed to glow with joy.
The stewing anger in my gut vanished, and the tension I didn’t realize I’d been holding in my body went away. These two men weren’t thieves trying to steal my daughter away from me - they were a couple doing their best to raise a baby unexpectedly dropped into their lives.
