“You’re safe now.”
Those three simple words were like a spell being cast over me.
The way he whispered them was enough to make me believe them.
I forgot that for a while when I was alone here, but I can see how right he was.
“I’m safe now,” I confess, still feeling it.
He smiles brighter, and I wish I could ask him to stay.
“That’s all I wanted to hear,” he says.
“You’re ready to leave?” Lana asks.
He nods.
This is it. He’s going away, and this time he’s not going to come back.
He got what he came for. He found out the girl he saved survived.
“Stay safe,” he tells me, before he lets Lana lead him out of the room.
I stand there in the laundry room, holding onto the memories he sparked inside me.
I want to cry because he left, but I’m grateful I got the chance to thank him.
I’ll remember him forever now, and he’ll likely forget me.
That’s okay. I never want to forget the man who saved my life.
I don’t expect him to remember a Beta he once helped.
Pulling myself together emotionally takes a few minutes.
I leave the laundry room after I’ve dried my eyes.
I’ve barely started my first shift at the academy.
The night is far from over.
Chapter Thirty-Four
Falcon
The relief I expect to feel as I walk away doesn’t hit. It doesn’t make any sense. The Beta is safe and well. I saw so with my own eyes. She thanked me for saving her. She told me she’s safe now.
So, why don’t I feel reassured?
Why is there still a pit in my stomach?
Why the hell do I want to rush back there and lift her into my arms?
She doesn’t need to be rescued. That already happened.
Her ordeal is over. She’s healthy and happy.
It doesn’t make any sense.
