The omega frowned and took Kirin into his arms. “I know your station is closing. We got a letter here about the change and how it’s going to affect our emergency calls. That means you’re leaving, right?”
I ran my hand through my hair and sighed. “Yes, but I want you to come with me.”
“What?” Ladon pulled Kirin’s finger out of his nose and set the boy on the ground, holding onto his hand.
“I’m transferring to Cloudhaven. They’ve offered me a permanent position, not just for the duration of the closure.” I took a step toward Ladon. “And I want you both to come with me. I’m going to buy a house there and you can both live with me.”
Ladon lurched back. “Cloudhaven is four hours away. And we haven’t been together for that long. You want me to leave everything I have here to be with you when we’ve only been dating for a month?”
I gulped and looked away, my dragon panicking inside me. I thought we’d settled everything—had something good going. “I believe you’re my fated, but I guess you don’t feel the same way.”
“Daddy, I want to go to Cloudhaven.”
I smiled over at Kirin, glad for his support, though I didn’t think it much mattered.
“I have a job here.” Ladon’s voice squeaked as he played with the straps of his backpack. “And Kirin is already registered for school here.”
With a sniffle, I shrugged, disappointment gripping my chest like a vice. “I thought I would ask.” With my dragon anxious to find a way to change Ladon’s mind, I pointed my thumb over my shoulder. “I have to go home and pack, but can I at least give you a ride home? We can pick up some chicken on the way.”
Kirin shouted, “Yes!”
But Ladon shook his head. “We’re fine. I wasn’t expecting you here anyway.”
His piercing words felt like daggers to my heart. I hadn’t known Ladon for as long as I knew Dennis, but this omega’s rejection hurt far worse. Not only for me but for my dragon as well. I really thought we were meant to be.
Ladon carried an upset Kirin toward the elevator while I took the stairs. Maybe it was too early in our relationship to ask such a thing, but I really didn’t expect him to say no. Maybe just a “not right yet.”
I guess I was all alone moving to a new place once again.
Chapter Fifteen
Ladon
Looks like a nice house.I couldn’t deny the fact based on the picture in front of me. It was only a picture of the front of it from the street, but the bungalow was cute and reminded me of the house that always seemed to show up in my dreams. I’d asked for a picture of the firehouse Blaze now worked at, and he’d sent that along with a picture of the house and the school across the street from it.
It would look better if you and Kirin lived in it with me.
My heart squeezed as I tried not to react to the alpha’s words. As much as he’d forgiven me after I apologized for my reaction to him moving away, I still wasn’t set on the idea of living there with him. I still had so much in Saramto. Plus, I was terrified to give up everything and become dependent upon him. We really hadn’t known each other for that long, and regardless of all the encouragement from my dragon and Kirin, I had a hard time believing in Fate. Not when I’d been abandoned by those who claimed they loved me several times in my life.
Are you off this weekend?Two and a half weeks had passed since I’d last seen the alpha, and I did miss him even though I wasn’t ready to give everything up for him.
Why? Are you going to come visit me so I can show you around?
I was hoping you would come visit us.I’d learned there was a bus that Kirin and I could take to Cloudhaven, but it had inconvenient timing, leaving Saramto before I finished work on Friday and returning to the city in the wee hours of the morning. Plus, I didn’t know how Kirin would handle a four-hour trip on a bus.
I might be able to make it there Saturday after my appointment to see the house. Can I spend the night?
Of course you can. It would be nice to see you again.I never expected to miss him so much or for my dragon to fight for him after I’d repressed that side of myself for so long.
I’ll see you then. Time for training. Gotta go.He ended the text with a revolving heart.
I put my phone away and sighed. Since I neither wanted to end things with Blaze or move to Cloudhaven to live with him, I had to settle for a long-distance relationship, which meant even less time together.
“Mail!” Emily waved the stack of envelopes in her hand as she entered the day care before setting them on my desk. “Some for staff and others for parents. The owners are making some changes.”
My stomach dropped. I hated change as a single parent. I needed stability to care for Kirin.
With my nerves on edge, I sorted through the envelopes, ready to hand them out to the parents as they brought their children. Then I opened the one addressed to me, so I knew the changes ahead of the parents.
