Chapter 47
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If he shows, he shows. If he doesn’t, I’ll just have to find some other way to deal with this cursed mating bond.
Ella sees what I type and send, and though her face is somewhat pinched with concern, she doesn’t voice any of it out loud.
“I brought my laptop down,” she says and gestures to it sitting on op of my desk. “I thought we could try to look up some universities for you. Ones in packs far away.”
I’m eager to do that and immediately push myself up in the bed so that I’m seated more fully upright with my back against the headboard.
I get out my regular phone while she works on her laptop and together we search schools that might accept an Omega. Some, we find, take their own Omegas, but not those of other packs as I feared. Ella is persistent though, refusing to give up or allow me to give up either.
We start with the packs nearest ours but then branch outwards. Then, after nearly an hour of searching, Ella gasps, “This is it. This pack takes other pack’s Omegas in their university.”
“Which pack is it?” I am willing to accept whatever it is, but I’m bracing myself. We’ve already combed through all the more prestigious packs. The ones that are left aren’t known for their academic prowess.
“Nightheart pack,” Ella says.
Nightheart pack, from what I recall, is far to the north in lands trapped in perpetual winter. Despite their pack name, days are longer there, and snowfall happens on the regular. It’s not the ideal place to live, or to travel to for school.
I’ve heard in school that the cold frozen north is having a population decline. Perhaps that is why they are so willing to take whoever they can get from other packs into their university.
Far from a perfect situation then, but one I can still use to my advantage. If this is the only option left open to me, then so be it. I can adjust to the cold. And I can’t imagine the brothers following me to a place like that. There, in the snow, I could let my wolf run free and wild and never have to worry about being found.
“What do you think?” Ella asks me.
“It sounds…” Not perfect. Not even particularly good. But, if it means my freedom, “It sounds like where I need to be. My applications are in the desk drawer. I grabbed one of everything so Nightheart should be in there.”
“I’ll see if I can find it,” Ella says, turning to the desk. “But I bet like every pack they are going to make you send it through the mail.”
“Then I need to get that filled out ASAP,” I say. I have no idea how long it would take snail mail to reach the frozen north, but I imagine I can’t waste any time.
“We might have to go to the guidance office at school to get another copy…” Ella says.
Ug, I dread that if that’s the case. The guidance councilors of the high school’s guidance office are known for being unfriendly to those of lower rankings. They were already short with me before. Now that I’m an Omega… Would they even acknowledge me at all?
“Is it not in there?” I ask.
“I think… oh! Here it is!” Just as she starts to pull out the form, the door handle starts to turn. Jumping, we both move at once. Ella slams the drawer closed and her laptop shut. I click off my phone.
Ella and I glance wildly at each other just as Wes opens the door. Did we cover the evidence? Did he see? The brothers finding out my plans would ruin everything!
