Chapter 0241

(Stephanie POV)

My heart racing, I immediately began looking for my mother. I could not find her anywhere.

“Mom!” I shouted in the mind-link. “Where are you?!!?”

“I am in the Steffie Garden with Jane and Sheila. Are you okay?”

“I am on my way!” I replied.

I hurried downstairs and cut through the packhouse kitchen, shoving any omegas who dared to get in my way. A couple of them fell and began crying, but that was their problem. I needed to get to my mother as quickly as possible.

I finally arrived, finding her having afternoon tea with Jane and Sheila. The Steffie Garden had been built and named after me after I “died.” It had previously been used as a lounge for omegas during their breaks, but my mother wanted an interior garden space dedicated to my memory, and this was the only room that was not only big enough but that could also have large portions of the roof replaced with glass to allow a sufficient amount of sunlight.

The best part about the Steffie Garden was th