“Well done!” the voice down the other end said, as if he’d had anything to do with it. “We’ll be in touch.”
And with that, the phone line went dead. Art’s heart thundered in his chest, his breathing coming harder and faster as he looked up at the ceiling, hearing the muffled sounds of voices. How much did Alpha Control hear or see? Would they know if he went to the alphas’ office, asking to see them urgently? His heart kept beating on, a death knell, it felt like, for either his honour or his career. He swallowed hard, his mouth bone-dry, his grasp on the keys loosening, but it was her that was the deciding factor. He saw Sloane, the way her eyes had struggled to focus due to the drugs she’d been pumped with, her desperate, desperate need to get back to her alpha.
In his training, this had been used as further evidence of omegas and alphas’ inferiority. They were dismissed as primitive creatures, ruled by instinct, not rational thought, but it was that same rational thought process that had him deconstructing Alpha Control ideology every time he dealt with this kind of case. His hand gripped the keys tighter as he spun on his heel, climbing up the stairs, passing the task and the keys onto a passing beta as he went. He made his way through the back area of the bar, walking past people, so many people, before he reached the office door. His hand hovered. If this was found out, if they knew what he was doing… He frowned and then forced his knuckles to rap on the door.
“Come in,” a deep voice said from within.
He turned the doorknob, opening it to see the three main alphas here, along with several others he didn’t know, their collective gaze boring into him.
“Hello…Art,” Jace said, the alpha’s emphasis making his name sound like a lie.
“I’ve got some news,” he said shortly in reply. “News that affects all of you.” He stepped in, closed the door, and then approached the group of alphas.
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Sam’s acknowledgements
To my amazing co-writer, who decided to take a chance and come on this journey with me. I felt like we were that old skit where people keep saying ‘after you. No, after you’ for awhile there but I think we got there! It’s been an amazing experience and I’m stoked we got to do this together.
Super editor Meghan Leigh Daigle, the lady with the red pen who catches so many pesky mistakes. She’s a gun and I’d be lost without her.
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Special thanks to Richelle, Jessica, Renee, Kayla, Lizzy, Mollie and Steph. As always, you dropped partners, family and life to help get this baby out so thank youuuu!
To the omegaverse trope group, thank you so much for your ongoing feedback. You helped us whip this baby into shape and that feedback helps keep the creative fires burning
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