Chapter 44: Panic Attack

Beth’s not entirely sure what sets her off.

Maybe it’s the stress of overnights— rehearsals that drain her physically, nights that end when the sun is already peeking over the horizon, combined with barely seeing her Alpha. It’s stress, plain and simple. Her brain has never handled it well, not since— yeah.

Since that.

Being back in her apartment after the train wreck with Chris is definitely a factor. She knows it has to be— too many similarities to the first time she went through this, albeit shorter lived and far milder in comparison. She can’t smell Chris anymore, or the sour, bitter scent of distress that encompassed her normal scent but— it’s there. In her mind. No matter what’s going on.