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Audrey scoffs and rubs at her eyes, which are sore from staring at the television. “Don’t be sorry for me. Be sorry for the child’s family.” She gestures towards the television as they replay the video of Abel. “Whatever he’s saying…at least aboutthis, he’s not wrong. I don’t know about the other claims, though.” She turns to look at Mindy. “I thought I was doing the right thing when I was working with Tabitha.”
Mindy nods and gives her a sympathetic look. “I know. You’re a Beta. You couldn’t have known everything that was going on.”
Guilt gnaws at Audrey’s gut, like a sharp splinter that won’t go away.
I should have known, she thinks.I should have questioned more.
“Everything will be okay,” Mindy adds, gently patting Audrey on the knee. “It can’t get any worse.”
* * *
It does,in fact, get much worse.
An anonymous source leaks confidential documents online with information that chills her to her core.
She can’t sleep, so she scrolls through each page she finds on the darkest corners of the internet.
Every word makes her want to curl into a ball and die.
Alphas aren’t dangerous—at least, at one time, they weren’t.
The natural connection they have with Omegas should be cherished and respected, not controlled and weaponized.
Alphas and Omegas can integrate easily into society.
Her mind is at war with itself as she clutches her knees to her chest, tears silently rolling down her cheeks as she reads more about her part in this mess.
But Tabitha would have said something was wrong, wouldn’t she? If this information is correct, why didn’t Audrey have access to it?
Why didn’t I think for myself?
Why did I just accept that what we were doing was normal?
Audrey hopes Mindy doesn’t hear her dry heaving in her bathroom from the nausea churning in her gut.
She played a part in this. She played a part in deceiving the country.
The television stays on, with news anchors on every channel arguing about different viewpoints.
But the immediate issue is the escaped Alphas. Technically, as members of the special military, they’re still required to ‘report for duty.’
They’re all missing.
Breaking news: Canada offers asylum to any American Alphas
“Oh, God,” she groans. She has a killer headache from the stress, and the news grows worse every minute.
She doomscrolls through her phone, spiraling silently on her bathroom floor while her sister sleeps in the guestroom.
She should have known better.
“Mrrup.”
Pearl watches her on the bathroom floor, her yellow eyes blinking at Audrey as the Beta desperately tries to keep it together.
If Mindy finds her like this, it will be much worse than staying quiet.
Audrey pulls herself off the floor, turns off the television in her room, and collapses onto her bed.
