"I only asked because I understand, it's how I came here too. But I can help. I can get you out of here."
The woman's eyes narrowed. "How?"
"I have a car—"
"I'm not getting in a car with you or anyone," the woman said fiercely.
"That's fine. You can just take it. It's the blue two-seater around the corner. The keys are in the ignition."
"People don't just give cars away for nothing," the woman said.
"The omegas around here do," Darcy insisted. "Besides, I don't need it, and you do."
The woman looked behind her, scanning the woods nervously. "Thank you, I guess…but it won't do any good. The people I'm hiding from will be waiting on the other side of the boundary for me."
Yet another problem that Darcy understood.
And one she could solve…no matter how pissed Zeke was going to be.
"Okay," she said, keeping her voice low and even so as not to spook the woman. "Here's what you're going to do. Get in the car. Turn left on the Center Road. Drive two-point-three miles exactly. Then turn right into the driveway."
The woman blinked in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"Those are the directions to my house," Darcy said. "Around here, we help each other out."
"But—"
"I know it's hard, but I'm asking you to trust me." Darcy was speaking faster, worried that someone would poke their head around the corner and see them. "Take the drive another mile and a half, and you'll arrive at a house at the edge of a big clearing. The front door won't be locked, and you can let yourself in. Do you have all that?"
After a moment, the woman nodded, her eyes still wide with fear.
"Now, it might be a while before I can leave here," Darcy said. No matter how skilled Faith was at pool, Darcy knew her alpha wouldn't go down without a fight. "But I promise to be there as soon as I can."
The woman hesitated only a moment before turning to go. She was halfway to the car when she stopped and mouthed thank you, then ran the rest of the way.
Darcy watched the stranger get in the car and drive off, only then letting out the breath she'd been holding.
Now all that was left to do was to go inside the bar, find her seven-and-a-half-foot-tall alpha, and tell him they were about to have another refugee shacking up in the woodshed.
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ARIC: The Boundarylands Omegaverse
"You must be the new girl."
Jocelyn Waters froze. She'd been surprised—and very relieved—to find the papered-over glass doors of the store unlocked. Shed tried every other door in this run-down strip mall—other than the seedy-looking bar at the end—but they'd all been locked up tight for the night.
She'd hoped to find the place empty, but instead, she'd come face-to-face with three women around her age.
Jocelyn had no idea what they'd been doing in this mostly empty retail space, but they were all dressed for a fun night out, with heavy makeup, teased hair, and sexy outfits.
"I—I'm sorry," Jocelyn stammered. "I think I have the wrong—"
But then she heard a sound that made her blood run cold. One that she'd been running for six hours and several hundred miles—the unmistakable roar of an all-too-familiar engine.
"I mean, yes, that's me," Jocelyn said more forcefully, instinctively moving away from the door. "The new girl."
"You're late," The woman standing closest to her, a curvy redhead in a black bustier and faux-leather pants, scolded her with her arms crossed. "You're damned lucky Nicky is so forgiving."
"No shit," agreed a woman in a red dress with straight blonde hair down to her waist. "But the rest of us...not so much. So, if you want to make friends around here, I'd show up on time. Got it?"
Jocelyn had no idea what to say. Hell, she didn't even know where she was or who she was with. So, instead of