“Boys!” Astrid calls for the boys when she returns from the temple, knowing they should be back home, her mind still in a mild turmoil from meeting that lady.
Not hearing a response from them or them running down the stairs at the sound of her voice as she expected, she makes her way to their room, thinking they are probably asleep but when she gets there, they are not in the room.
She squints, scanning the empty space and it is just as she left it in the morning after they left for school?
She glances at her watch, worry immediately filling her heart. It’s way past the school’s closing time. Did the driver Zane assigned to them forget to pick them up from school?
Running back down the stairs, she asks the first omega she sees, “did my children come home yet?”
“Yes ma, they left with
