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I search my mind for who it could possibly be, my eyes darting up to Milo.
And I realize why Nate is doing this.
"Could it be Agent Thorne?" I ask.
Cruz is silent for a moment. I can hear the tapping of a keyboard...then she says something that gives me instant relief.
"No," she confirms. "It looks like Thorne used his access code to shut down the cameras inside the safehouse just before...you know. Someone else turned them back on remotely."
"It wasn't him," I tell Nate. "Put him down."
Nate reluctantly drops him.
"Okay," I say. "So...did thissomeone elseuse an access code?"
"Huh," she says. "It looks like...oh my God."
"What?"
"I'm dispatching units," she says. I hear her voice and a man in the background.
"Olivia, tell me what's going on," I demand.
"We're sending Enclave agents to City Hall," she says. "An Intelligence Committee code was used; whoever did this, they'rein the Solstice Bay legislature."
The news rocks me.
I guess it shouldn't--I knew there was a chance--but I really believed that I waswantedin this government, that the people of Solstice Bay were ready for change.
But maybe they aren't...maybe...
"Senator Ashford, are you still there?" Olivia's voice comes again, cutting through the noise in my head. "Sloane?"
"Yes...yes, I'm here," I murmur.
"Okay," she says. "I know that this is probably hard to hear...but the Enclave is on it. We're going to bring in the whole Intelligence Committee for questioning right now."
"Thank you," I whisper. There's a lump in my throat, and I feel like I'm going to cry.
"Sloane," she says. "Can I call you Sloane?"
"Yeah."
"I just want you to know that things might seem bleak right now, but we're all rooting for you," she says. "Please don't give up. Every omega I know is so proud."
I bite back tears, all the guys staring at me. "I won't give up," I tell her. "I promise."
It's the same words I've said to my sister so many times...to my mom, when we were in hiding up in Canada.
But now, it feels like those words are being put to the ultimate test.
As I hang up the headset, I can sense the tension in the room. Nate is still fuming, his fists clenched at his sides. Arjun is pacing back and forth, his hand running through his hair. And Milo is rubbing his throat where Nate grabbed him, his eyes darting between all of us.
"What do we do now?" Arjun asks, breaking the silence.
I take a deep breath and try to think. "I need you to bring me to my mother's house in Orchard Park," I tell them. "And I need access to a phone so I can call my sister."
"It's not safe," Nate starts, but I shake my head.
