Chapter 27 27
POV LOIS
“I was already with the doctor, but the director came in to talk to him and I had to step out. I think they’ll call me in any moment.” There didn’t seem to be many people waiting here. The place felt deserted.
“Aren’t you curious about what they’re talking about? It must be about you, right?”
“I suppose so, especially since they asked me to step out, but I walked away so I wouldn’t hear.”
“Do you want me to tell you what they’re saying?” I wasn’t sure about that.
I felt curious, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to know. Maybe there was some issue with getting the blood here, and I’d rather not know right now because my head was already full—with the need to see the twins again, even though it had only been one hour.
“No… I don’t think so. I’d rather not know. Maybe they’ll tell me in a bit when they’re done talking.”
“It’s about a blood.” So it was about my blood! “Do you want to change your mind?”
“Fine, tell me.” I ended up changing my mind.
“Don’t talk, I need silence. These walls are ‘prepared’ so sound doesn’t pass through easily, so I need to concentrate. I’ll repeat what they say.” Aidan— I was confused about him. Everything about him said he was an Alpha, but to me he didn’t seem like one. I couldn’t explain why—not in a bad way, just… he confused me, though it was only a first impression. He closed his eyes and began to speak. “Her system has been needing that blood forever. I don’t know how they’ve always managed to get it—it’s very scarce.” He only repeated nonstop; I couldn’t tell who was saying what. “Who’s the donor? Is it one or more than one? Jorge, from the Clarity Pack. It’s on the coast—that’s always the donor. And her parents? Why doesn’t the report say she’s adopted? Since when do we adopt here?! This girl never stops being strange! And I have to have her in the university?! She’s an Omega!” A…dopted? “There was already an incident with her. Several young wolves got hurt. Why doesn’t it say anything about her adoption? These are very isolated cases. We haven’t been at war for a long time, normally everyone grows up with their parents. We don’t know the circumstances.”
“Stop!” I shook him by the arm and he opened his eyes. He stopped speaking.
“Oh… you didn’t know they weren’t your parents.” He understood when he saw my face. “I’m sorry.”
I started sobbing, too sad and confused to process it.
My parents weren’t my parents?
Then who were my parents?!
I stood up to get away from there, get out of this place and go anywhere else. How did they know my parents weren’t my parents and I had no idea until now?
I fell after taking two steps and stayed on the floor crying. This felt like a lie.
“You’re lying! You damn liar!” I accused him. He stood up and knelt beside me.
“Let’s see, kid. Don’t call me a liar, and get up already—you look pathetic.” He grabbed me by the arm and pushed me toward the seats. “I’m not lying. It’s because of the blood. You didn’t want to keep listening. Looks like you have a very rare blood type in the world and very few people share it, but for someone else to have it… both parents must have that same rare type. There’s no adoption record, it’s not stated in your medical file, but if your parents don’t share your blood type then the truth is clear.”
“It could be a mistake!”
“Lois, those aren’t the kinds of mistakes that happen. They’re not your parents.”
Then… whose daughter was I? How could they deceive me for so long? How could they do that to me? I was already an adult! Did it never occur to them to tell me?
“Lois!” The director’s voice cut through the air from the far end of the hallway. Aidan stood up and I did the same. The director reached us in long strides and shot Aidan a deadly look; he vanished in silence. “Did you just find out? You don’t listen to other people’s conversations!” I bit my lip and still a sob escaped my mouth. “I’m sorry, this is not the best way to find out. But there’s no changing it now.”
“I need to get out of here, be alone.”
“Not yet, we have other things to do and Moises needs to take some samples. And there are many things I have to explain to you.”
“But… I just want to be alone.”
“You’ll have plenty of time to be alone. Right now we have things to do.” He grabbed my arm and we went back to Moises. I swallowed my tears and pretended nothing was happening while everything spun around me and I paid attention to nothing. It was the only way not to collapse under the pain of learning that my parents… were not my parents.