“They’ve been stealing omegas?” I asked, cutting straight to the point.
“I think it was Jericho’s idea, but Glen’s hoping it can help him regain control over his party. He’s gone a bit…”
“Crazy? No kidding. I can’t leave without getting intel about those omegas.”
My alphas growled at me in my mind, telling me to just get out. I smiled, loving how protective their ghost-selves were. But then I sobered.
They were dead.
I squeezed my eyes shut, breathing through the pain. Without them, I wasn’t sure I wanted to live anymore, but I could at least try to do something useful with my life if I was going to die anyway. The chance to get this intel wouldn’t come again. Who knew how many omegas Glen had in captivity, being used as political pawns?
“The paperwork is in his office. There’s no way we can make it there without getting caught,” Genevieve said.
I shrugged. “I have to try. You don’t have to come.”
“And how are you planning to get there without running into any guards?”
I hesitated, wondering how much I should reveal. Well, if she was going to escape with me, she would have to know.
“You better not betray me,” I said, reaching under my dress and sticking my fingers up my vagina to pull out the bracelet of alpha tabs.
“Umm…” Genevieve said, staring at the soaked piece of silicon in my hand. Bless Theo for making it waterproof.
I used my discarded sleep shirt to wipe them off.
“Well, that was something,” I said. All five tabs were intact, safely ensconced in their beads.
“These are alpha tabs,” I said. “If you bite down on one, it will incapacitate any nearby alphas and make them susceptible to your commands. It’s like a reverse device.”
Genevieve’s eyes widened. “You’ve had those the whole time?”
“Needed the right opportunity to use them,” I said. Then I looked at Genevieve’s arm. She had jagged scars up and down her whole upper arm that suggested they’d implanted way more than one device.
“Are you susceptible to barks?” I asked.
“Yeah. The newest one makes me constantly susceptible,” she said, her voice almost a whisper.
“I had that one, too. Mine’s been neutralized.”
Genevieve’s eyes widened. “You’ve been acting this whole time?”
“Maybe acting is my next career,” I responded as I headed towards the door, breaking one of the tabs out of the silicon bead.
“No kidding,” she responded.
“You know where Glen’s office is?” I asked.
She nodded.
“Okay. We need to get there, grab whatever evidence we can, and then head to the exit. There’s a secret one near the kitchen.”
“Shit, how do you know that?” Genevieve asked, eyes wide.
“Used to come here as a kid,” I said. I bit my lip before handing her two of the tabs. “I’ll use the first one to get whatever guards are outside, and then we’ll go from there.”
I took a deep breath, stealing myself. For a moment, it was as if I could hear Theo’s voice telling me to focus and be careful. I drew on his strength, his steadiness, as I opened the door and bit down on the tab.
ChapterThirty-One
