Chapter 10
THEA
My hands are shaking as I sit in my car, in the driveway of my rental house.
I’m freezing from sitting outside for so long but that’s not why I’m shaking.
It’s another alpha whose scent is affecting me.
This one, holy shit. It was the first time I felt at peace in over a year.
Not since before Connor—stop Thea. I need to find the closest doctor and get more heat suppressants.
That has to be the cause of these scents affecting me like this.
Looking it up online, and of course it’s an office right off Main Street.
I call and schedule in for the earliest appointment they can fit me in.
It’s not for another two weeks. I nearly beg the poor woman on the phone that it’s an emergency I need to be seen this week.
“Let me talk to the doctor, what is your name again dear?” she asks and I tell her.
A few minutes later she’s back on the phone, giving me the first appointment of the day tomorrow.
That was surprising, I don’t really know anyone outside the lodge so I doubt my name made any difference. Maybe it’s a small-town thing.
Having that settled I feel marginally better and finally get out of the car and head inside.
A long hot shower is calling my name. That restless feeling I had before my hike has been creeping up on me ever since I left Jake.
Just need to make it until tomorrow. The suppressants will help, they have to.
It’s not late at all and there’s plenty of time left in the day to do things but my energy feels zapped.
I look longingly at the box on my newly assembled dresser.
Some of Connor’s clothes are safely tucked in there in sealed bags.
I desperately want to see if I can still get a hint of his scent, but I’m too scared of what will happen if I do.
The last time I did was back in Chicago.
When I caught his scent still on his clothes I ended up logging into my social media to check on his parents.
Two days later the letter came. I don’t trust myself.
I can’t risk being found again so soon. I want this place to work out. I need it to.