Adea
For a moment, Gabe and I stare at the little boy in shock. The last time I’d seen him had been a long time and it was before. Before Olivia, before the Ceremony, just before. When Odis showed up at the daycare with wide eyes and his heart thumping, I figured he was his little brother or a family member. I didn’t think of the color of his eyes and I didn’t try and piece together who he looked like.
It felt like I had slammed into a brick wall and Olivia wasn’t even my mate. I don’t know what this was doing to Gabe or what he was thinking. The woman hesitates and I realize she’d been talking. I didn’t hear her and when I turned to Gabe, he was still staring at the boy. So I knew he missed whatever she said too.
I apologized for my rudeness and asked her to repeat what she had said. The woman hesitated for a moment, her forehead crinkling, her eyebrows furrowing as she looked between me and Gabe.
