how does it feel when you put any weight on it?”

As I lie stretched out on a cozy couch in the lounge, I stare at Adela’s full head of gray hair bent over my leg.

Although I’m still close to panic about the possibility of her discovering I’m an omega at any moment, I steady my breath as she runs a hand down my leg.

“It hurts too much. Every time I try it just feels like I’m going to fall.”

When she probes at a tender spot near my ankle, I suck in a sharp breath. To my relief, she ...