Chapter 24: Disbelief

Delaney

So far, the night has been calm and pretty uneventful, at least for me.

I’m being kept in the sidelines; I’m here mostly to fill the shoes of someone else, so not a lot of duties are expected from me. Matteo made sure of that.

We were to steer clear of the main room; Pollux has other duties that don’t involve us, and of course, he didn’t mention what they were. He’s mysterious like that, and hates to give explanations about what he’s doing. Paola and I are keeping a close eye on each other.

We mostly just fill trays with canapé’s and then send them out, even though we’re in waiting uniform.

The mask covers my face pretty well, but I haven’t found a way to cover my hair. The worst part is that I’m the only redhead among the servants, so that does complicate things a little bit. Even so, I try not to be nervous about it. It’s unlikely that anyone will look too closely at me. Why would they?

I’m just a simply Omega. Nobody ever looks twice at us.

Knowing that the bomb will e