Owen
Noah got the call first, as always. I was just getting off my shift when he found me, telling me about the incoming body. I wasn't so surprised that there was another body found as much as I was who was found dead. Having to deliver the news to our mate that her best friend was dead felt like a knife through the gut. Watching Lorraine's face crumple at the tragedy, feeling her devastation and guilt through our bond...it was a lot.
"She was a great friend, my best friend, and will be dearly missed..." Lorraine said, sniffling at the podium.
She had tears running down her face, her hands shaking. I wanted nothing more than to collect her and take her back home where she could grieve in peace. But pulling her from her best friend's funeral would be frowned upon.
Lorraine spoke a
