The General glances up, his eyes piercing into me. I try not to shrink in front of him as his gaze travels the length of me.
I don't know what he sees when he looks at me.
Someone easy to mold to his cause?
A misfit with no right making demands of someone with his authority?
A silly little girl with a silly little dream of saving her friends even as the rest of the world burns?
Whatever he sees, it makes him sigh.
"Omega Sparks, circumstances have changed and I can't—"
I advance on him, my eyes narrowed. For an Alpha obsessed with creating a powerful Omega, he hasn't thought about the implications.
I might be smaller. Younger. Weaker. But, thanks to him and his meddling, I'm not defenseless. Not anymore.
His gaze flicks across me, sharp and fast, cautious.
Good.
He doesn’t see a helpless Omega, but a weapon he built but can't control.
"Youwilltell me where they are," I say softly, my voice calm and cold as steel.
It’s not a Command. I can’t, I won’t ever again, buthedoesn’t know that.
I must let him believe I’m barely holding myself back.
The General might be a high-ranking Prime Alpha, but no one messes with an Omega’s family.
My scent permeates the space, and the lavender and lightning storm pheromones shift into something sharper.
"Tell me where they are," I repeat, my tone broaching no argument. The threat is implicit.
Tell me, or I’ll make you.
His lips press into a thin line of disapproval, but I don't look away.
I need him to tell me where Dazz, Ember, and Flicker are.
The O-space shimmers. Coming unprompted and unwanted. Maybe it’s not too far from the truth. I might be moments away from losing control.
I swallow and force it down.
"Tell. Me.”
Finally, when the air feels thick and I can barely restrain the allure of my O-space, he answers.
"I don't know."
I blink, and the shimmering stops. "What do you mean, you don’t know?"
"I don't know where they are," he sighs, as though frustrated he has to repeat himself.
“How can you not... Why wouldn't you know where they are? You're the one who took them from The Omega Division.”
He shrugs, placing his elbows on his desk. "I sent them with my most trusted soldiers, but I did not ask for locations in case I was compelled to disclose them."
