12. Gryphon

Chapter 12

Gryphon

W hen Oliver didn't return after an hour, I unbuckled my belt and got the hell out of the Jeep.

I don't care if he will be mad at me. He's been gone an hour, and things have been extra tense lately.

I still have the inkling that Lily is watching us. She could be watching us right now, and it's time to get home.

He just wants to get a glimpse of Mila. I get it. But he is not helping our cause one bit.

We need to play this carefully. We can't risk Lily finding out that Mila is here under the name Daisy.

A strange name she chose. Daisy reminds me of a small, delicate girl who faints at the sight of blood.

Alphas normally aren't allowed through the gates, but I managed to walk through with ease, and such a flawless system they have here.

Luckily, I'm not a pervert who has any interest in the Omegas they've got training here. I'm just here to find Oliver and get him home where he is safe.

I'm not sure what interests my superior has in Oliver, but they won't bode well for either of us.

There's a part of me that is too scared to fight her, knowing that she could easily beat me in hand-to-hand combat, but could I really fight her when the time comes?

In the end, I have to fight by my Omega's side. He will always come first.

A couple of Omegas are hanging around the neatly cut hedges, and I grimace at the sight of them.

They hurt my eyes.

Too much color… it's creeping me out.

They look like a bunch of macaroons.

They stop when they catch sight of me, and then they whisper excitedly, eyeing me up and down like I'm a piece of meat.

I'm probably the first Alpha that a majority of them have seen in a while, and when they start stalking me across the green, it only confirms my theory.

They're Omegas. It's only natural for them to be drawn to my Alpha pheromones, but they need to back off.

I think I'm starting to understand why they keep Alphas out.

These Omegas are something else.

Too sex-starved.

Come on, Ollie, where the hell are you?

I pass one table of male Omegas, doing a double take. They look surprised to see me too.

How times have changed…

I remember when Ollie was the only male here. He was lonely too.

That's why I couldn't wait to get him out of this awful place. They treated him like an outsider, and the other Omegas harassed him for the four years he spent here.

Once upon a time, he was training with some of the strongest Alphas in the country, and the next, he was getting coleslaw dripped all over him by a pastel pink she-devil who smelled of fresh peony.

Well, at least he has us now.

Oliver and I were scent matches. And that beats any so-called algorithm these psychos can come up with.

I just feel for the Omegas who never find their scent match.

I've been tracking Oliver's honeycomb scent for over forty minutes, and this is getting ridiculous.

I swear, if something happened to him…

I never should have let him go off alone.

But I understand why he wanted to go.

He just needed to see her.

Truth be told… I hope to see her too.

But she is nowhere in sight.

Just like Oliver…

There's a commotion across campus, and I spy a group of Omegas. They're standing around by a tree, and it appears they're bullying another Omega.

And does the school just let this happen?

To my surprise, one of the girls ends up on her ass, and it looks like a genuine fight has broken out.

There are screams, and I run toward the danger.

Finally, the first interesting thing to happen at this awful place.

The bright colors were starting to get to me.

When I get closer, I spy another Omega tackling the one on the floor, and she doesn't just rip at her hair and use her claws…

She uses her fists.

This is no normal catfight.

Holy shit.

"Get off her, freak!"

Another Omega tries to pull her off, but the psycho is too strong.

As I draw near, I get a glimpse of those crazed green eyes, and my world comes to a screeching halt.

There's blood splattered on her freckled face, but she still looks as beautiful as the last time I saw her.

Mila.

Looks like I found her.