Blue had returned to the jeep with her eyes red and puffy, indicating she'd nearly bawled inside the clinic.
Lucian felt his heart clench.
If it had been anyone else, he would have just felt sorry for them. He knew some people cried a lot (not him), and he tolerated such displays of emotions from others. But seeing Blue this sad while saying goodbye to the town and people she'd become familiar with these past years, it tugged at Lucian's heartstrings a little too much.
He was trying to come up with something to tell her as he listened to her sniffles, unsure what was okay to say and what would only worsen her state. The smell of a beta was wrapped around her—Oswin Holloway's scent most likely—and Lucian found himself wishing he could hold Blue close to him again.
"I told Oswin the tr
