Chapter 042

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The door to the Rental Luna facility doesn't look any more welcoming today than it did yesterday. If anything, it looks just as bad if not worse, as the bright medicinal-pink paint threatens me with degradation masked in toxic positivity.

In other words, it promises to make me feel good about feeling back about myself.

"Can't we just skip this today, Rudy?" I groan. "I'm tired and this place sucks."

"Alpha's orders," he folds his arms. "Now come on, I'm staying with you today to make sure you get to your classes."

The Beta handed me a blue button-up, "He also insisted you wear this today. He's worried that your scent will be too weak without him here to renew it."

Wrapping it around me I feel much calmer, my body relaxing into his scent. It's crazy, just last week I was still running away from him, but now the smell of him brings me comfort and joy. Wearing his shirt is like having his arms around me and I smile. It all feels very sudden, while also feeling like