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I want to believe him.

That's what scares me.

Chapter Ten

Pierce

The moment we're both inside the car, Forge lets out a long breath. I already know what he’s going to say before he says it. We’re thinking the same thing.

"Well, fuck."

I stare ahead in a daze. "That about sums it up."

He runs both hands down his face before turning to look at me.

"Tell me you felt that."

"Of course I felt it, Forge."

"Both of us?"

I nod.

Yeah.

Both of us.

We knew it was a possibility, but damn. Of all scenarios…

"Fuck," he says again.

I can't help but laugh. "You already said that."

"Well, what the fuck else am I supposed to say?"

I lean back against my seat, trying to wrap my head around what just happened.

We've talked about adding someone to our pack before. We've dated, tried to find someone who fit with us, but it never worked out. Eventually, we stopped looking because there was no point. We are fine alone. But now…

Now we found her.

Our scent match.

An omega. A beautiful one at that.

One who is involved in a homicide investigation. Who could be—though very unlikely—a murderer.

Of all the luck for us to have.

How do we explain this to our captain?

Not that we need to run to him right this moment and tell him, but it’ll have to come out. This isn’t something that we can ignore. We need to talk about it. Not just with our captain but with her too.

How do we do that? It’s clear she doesn’t trust us the way she would if our situation were different. I saw the way her eyes changed when she recognized the match. It was impossible not to notice. This scent-match could be a good thing, but we have an investigation we need to focus on too. And she didn’t seem interested in talking about the scent-match; only in getting us out of there.

"She felt it too," I say.

Forge turns toward me. "I know."