Legion looks back at me. “No, I’m going alone.” His announcement startles me.
“No.”
He bares his teeth. “I want to be alone.”
“So you can die? Absolutely not.”
He snarls at me, but I just snarl back.
“You’re an omega the same as me, I can growl, too!”
We stand there glaring at each until he finally looks away, shaking his head.
“We’d be better off alone, then if one gets caught, we don’t all get caught.”
“Life wasn’t supposed to be lived alone,” Jarek says cheerfully as he, Mordecai, and Cadel return from their scouting mission. “That was very cute and entertaining, my omega.”
I snap my teeth in his direction, trying to ignore the wounded look that Mia is sending Legion.
“I think I should go with Legion to check out this next safe house while you guys go to the other one, though,” Mia says, tugging lightly at her hair and shifting her feet.
Mordecai sniffs. “I think that’s a good idea.”
“It’s a terrible idea,” I protest, but they all agree.
From the decision to the deed, it all happens incredibly quickly. Legion and Mia leave, and I’m caught in Cadel’s arms as he turns and walks us away.
“Why did you want us alone?” I growl at him.
“Because we’re being hunted,” he says, looking down at me with those deep red eyes. How did I ever mistake them for brown?
“Oh.”
“So where are we going to go?”
“There’s a place we can hide for a few days, but we have to keep moving.”
I struggle to keep up with them; their expressions are grim and devoid of emotion.
“Enough” I snarl and stop, refusing to move even an inch forward.
“What?”
“What is this?” I say, looking between them. “You said you weren’t keeping any secrets.”
Jarek closes his eyes, while Mordecai looks away. Only Cadel holds my gaze.
“I’m asking you to trust me when I say you don’t need to know this.”
I study his face for a long minute and shake my head. “No, I want to know.”
Jarek makes a long, low moan like he’s in pain. “We found the omegas, the last of them.”
My stomach fills with dread. “Show me.”
Chapter 60
A prayer
