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“I know you. You’re Aerin. Aerin Boone. I saw you once when my dad took me to an alpha event your dad was hosting,” another woman responds before I can.

After giving the hallway another fleeting glance, I step into the room and pull the door closed behind me, hoping that wherever Shane is, he will be gone awhile and I’ll have a chance to talk to these women.

My powers have gone. I’m reaching the point where I’ve accepted they might be gone forever, but I don’t need my powers to know who they are.

“You’re all omegas.” And it takes no stretch of the imagination to know who they must be and where they came from. “The Raleighs kidnapped you.”

They nod.

I’d known they must be here somewhere, but to have proof is both shocking and rage inducing.

“Do you know why?” a redheaded woman asks me.

She’s sitting cross-legged on top of a bunk bed, arms wrapped around her raised legs, looking anxious.

“I don’t know. But Shane Dacre was involved.” I cast a glance at the closed door.

There’s no sign of Shane, but I don’t have long before he comes looking for me.

“Shane? Why is he involved in this?” Another woman frowns. “And what is he even doing here?”

“I don’t know that either.” But whatever is going on, things can’t be good with the Dacres. I spoke with Moses a few days ago and he said there was a lot of fighting going on.

If Shane is here and Bree is dead, I can’t imagine things are good in Minnesota.

A creak of a door opening makes me back up. It wasn’t this door, but it might be Shane walking back inside from the backyard. Time to get out of here.

“I have to go before Shane finds me gone and I get in trouble.” But I stop and look around. “Leah?”

A petite blonde woman stands up. “Yeah?”

“I just wanted to say I spoke to your mate, Clary. He’s looking for you.”

Tears instantly fill her eyes. “He is?”

I nod, smiling at her. “He never stopped. Hewillfind you and we’ll all get out of here.”

Then I rush out, closing the door behind me.

I walk quickly away from the omegas, toward our room. I could not have timed things any better because Shane pops into view just ahead, scaring the shit out of me.

“Aerin?”

I jump and try not to look guilty. “Yeah?”

Shane walks toward me, frowning. “Where were you?”

Thinking fast, I say in a rush. “Uh, I got a little lost looking for a bathroom. I walked into a room and walked in on someone instead.”

Still frowning, though I don’t think he looks suspicious, he continues toward me. “There’s one in our room. You shouldn’t go opening doors or wandering off. It isn’t safe.”

It’s like dealing with invasion of the body snatchers seeing that look of concern on Shane’s face. It’s Shane all right, butthispersonality is decidedly not the Shane I know.

“Because we’re not Raleighs, therefore we are expendable, and could be killed at any moment?” I ask.

He doesn’t respond as he leads the way back to our room and pushes the door open.

Since there’s nothing else I can do, I walk inside. “Where did you go?”

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