Chapter 17: Cast

The callback comes and goes, and the next thing she knows, Beth is… still in costuming. Waiting to hear back. To hear anything at all. Even a “no” would be appreciated at this point, just so she knows for sure one way or the other.

She follows her usual routine in a bit of a daze, day in and day out, for what feels like forever. She’s lost count of the number of days it’s been, and just keeps showing up to work, feeling strangely empty inside.

She also hasn’t heard from Sean. Part of her tries not to take that personally, but a smaller, more anxious part of her can’t help but wonder what happened. It’s what she gets, she supposes, for allowing herself to become attached.

Maybe it’s an Omega thing, she tells herself. Maybe this is just what her life will be like around Alphas, now that her suppressants are lower. She hates the possibility, hates the very concept of becoming a needy, hormone-crazed Omega. She even hates Sean, just a little, for bringing this side of her out.