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“Thank God,” another whispers, relief pooling in those two words.

But the third girl shakes her head. “She’ll never be safe when she’s knocked up by an alpha. None of us are.”

“Talk to me about exits—fast,” I mutter. I pass a sheet of paper and a stick of charcoal through the bars. “I have a getaway boat lined up if we can just figure out how to get you three free.”

“Fuckin’ Star, coming through as always,” Ruby says with a slight smile as she takes the paper. “Okay…give me a sec.”

I stand and look around, scanning the hall for any cameras. I figured they would be all over the place, but given how archaic the technology is here, I guess they have a limited amount of electricity for the facility. I wait as Ruby scratches out a schematic in her cell, giving the hallway one more look before I take it back.

“I have to go,” I mutter. “But stay strong—we won’t leave you.”

Ruby puts her hand to the bar. “Tell Aisling we love her,” she says. “Thank you, whoever you are.”

I nod, then melt back into the labyrinth of clinical white.

I backtrack to the exit, my mind racing with the plan that’s slowly taking shape. The heavy metal door looms ahead, slightly ajar as I left it. I slip through and cautiously peer around the corner, ensuring no guards are in sight before making my way back to the rendezvous point.

It can’t be this easy…can it?

The air outside is cool against my skin, a stark contrast to the sterile warmth of the facility. I can still feel the weight of Ruby’s words hanging in the air, the determination and desperation in her eyes fueling my resolve. Aisling’s face flashes in my mind, and I remember the feel of her lips against mine last night.

That’s another thing we’ll have to deal with when we get back to Pacific City…but our return is seeming more and more certain by the second.

Somehow, I manage to get back to the barracks without so much as a second look from anyone passing by—as if I was never gone at all. I find Isaiah’s bunk empty, and I’m not sure where he’s gone…but we’ll figure it out.

My confidence surges.

I’ll get in touch with Rook, we’ll get the omegas out…and then, we’ll all escape this godforsaken rock.

Chapter sixteen

Aisling

I wake up the next morning dreaming of Gunnar and Oberon.

Gunnar’s lips on my throat…Oberon’s arms wrapped around me. In the dream, we’re not having sex; we’re just living. Cuddled up in bed together, a fantasy of what may come when all this is over.

I miss them.

I miss them like hell, and I was never kind enough, never gentle enough.

I…fuck.

I really suck, don’t I?

My days in New Eden have become fairly routine. I wake up, I bathe; someone delivers my breakfast. Sometimes I slip out through the window to get some fresh air, and I’m sure the guards have noticed…but no one stops me. I move in and out of sleeping, dreaming, waking.

It doesn’t end.

Now, though, things have changed. Luka showed up and threw me off-kilter, and now that we’ve kissed…

Fuck.

I know I shouldn’t have. I know that it was just one more betrayal to add to the list, another way I’ve let Gunnar down. He’s a good man and he deserves better than all this. What Luka said, what he did…

…it got to me.

When I’ve managed to get out of this mess, I’m going to do everything I can to show him how much he means to me.

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