Elene barely remembered how Joaquin helped her to her room after the Omegas took them to their respective doors.
Stripping off the clothes Reid gave her earlier, she stepped into the shower, the hot water cascading down her body and washing away the grim remnants of their escape. As the steam filled the bathroom and obscured her reflection in the mirror, Elene let out a ragged breath, a tear slipping from her eye and merging with the water droplets trickling down her cheeks.
This would be all she allowed herself, the only moment of her weakness, mourning what they had had with Forrest just one day ago and acknowledging the void his absence had left in her heart.
Once out of the shower and wrapped in a soft robe, Elene found Morgan sitting on her bed, her legs crossed and an expectant lo
