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“Chloe… you okay?”

“I’ll call you back,” I managed to mutter. I carefully placed my phone down without shattering it. I didn’t make eye contact with the alphas who were all lying exhausted, and the stupid pile of happy tamagotchis in the center of their kitchen table.

I walked to grab a pillow from the sofa, grabbing it carefully. I dug my face into the soft fabric and screamed into it as loud as I could.

CHAPTER 31

CHLOE

Clearingout my desk was making my eyes watery. It must be the dust in here or something. My workspace looked naked now that I had returned all of the textbooks. All that remained was a neat stack of graded essays and tests.

On top of the stack was a letter on fancy cardstock paper, informing me that I was the Valedictorian omega of my class.

I’d asked one of my professors point blank what I could do as a Valedictorian omega. She’d enthusiastically told me how it would open up doors for me to get introductions to high-status packs. Alphas working in the government, or even those with celebrity status tended to scope out the omega who’d earned the title of Valedictorian.

Yeah, the last thing that I wanted right now was to have to meet even more alphas. Helping Titus find his pack-mates had me meeting enough alphas to last a lifetime. Thanks but no thanks.

There were post-its everywhere—until now my life had been held together firmly by all of those bright bits of sticky paper. Each of them had dates and reminders of deadlines that had seemed so important to me.

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It felt wrong to just throw them away… what was I going to do with them? I peeled off each post-it and made them into a neat little stack. They went right on top of the fancy Valedictorian letter. Now all that was left was to throw the stack into my suitcase with the rest of my things, and I would be officially done with my time at the Institute.

But where would I go?

Brutus had sent texts about how he was taking me nest shopping, whatever that meant.

Daddy-Lo texted me that he could get here in half an hour, just let me know when I wanted him to pick me up.

Yeah. I couldn’t ignore this any longer.

I scrolled through my contacts to the only person who would be able to understand.

Me: Hey, I need to talk to you.

Me: Can you meet me at my dorm?

Kain: Alright, darling. I’ll be there in twenty.

I held Kain’s hand leading him through the hallways of the omega dormitory. It wasn’t too packed right now. There were parties going on with families down in the cafeteria. But there were still some curious omegas lingering around, and they were definitely paying attention to the hot blonde alpha walking through their territory.

I caught one omega wave shyly at Kain. I might have been annoyed enough to snap at her to get her own alpha, or glare at her or something. But if Kain noticed her, he didn’t show any sign of it.

That worked for me. I ignored the girl too.

As soon as the two of us were alone in my emptied out dorm, Kain pulled me into his arms, swinging me around in a circle.

“Congratulations on graduating. You busted your ass for this.” Kain grinned at me with his boyish, charming smile. He was like sunlight, and golden warmth—he felt like home. As he wrapped his strong arms around me, hugging me tight, Kain leaned in close to my ear and whispered, “so proud of you.”

I managed a weak smile in return.

Yay. Graduation…

“Brutus told me he invited you to live with us. Did you make your decision? Are you moving in with us?”

I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Like all the air was sucked straight out of me as I slowly shook my head, no.