Chapter 22

The omegas and betas around Serena prepare in stance, but she couldn’t help but still search for the crowd. 

She catches the eyes of his own parents, looking thrilled to see their daughter stand tall and proud right in front.

 Serena even sees Kris and Kane’s parents lost somewhere in the sea of people, but her best friends remain nowhere to be found.

“7, 6, 5...”

Serena exhales deeply.

 She takes her stance, but her eyes still don’t look towards the clearing. Maybe? One last time, please? “4, 3...”

For a second, she thought she caught sight of long black curls and that signature part her other best friend had atop her own dark brown hair. 

But when she blinked, Her vision was obscured by the face of an alpha who donned the two black lines on their jaw, signifying his participation in the run.

It couldn’t be, could it?

But Daniel bellows just in time, “2... 1!” And Serena has no more time to wonder, not when the firs