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I study her for several seconds, and the longer I do, the more nervous she gets.

“Are you going to kill me?”

This might be the opportunity I was hoping for. I’d thought tomorrow morning would be the perfect time to rescue the omegas. It’s why I’d gone to bed so early, skipping out on a meal when my stomach was rumbling.

But I have someone here who knows the Raleigh home inside out. And someone who might help me do what I came here to do.

“No. You’re going to help me free the kidnapped omegas.”

She looks even more scared than when she thought I was going to kill her. “I’m going to do what?”

I walk over to the balcony window and draw the curtains aside. “You heard me. Come on.”

Reluctantly, she climbs out of bed. “But Franklin said you stayed to be our Alpha.”

I twist the door open and stick my head out, peering one way, then the next to confirm the coast is clear. “Wrong. I stayed to protect my mate and help the kidnapped omegas. You can leave if you want, but I guarantee that once the rest of the packs realize their omegas are here, the Raleighs will be little more than ash and bones.”

The scent of her fear fills the room. “Franklin will kill me if he learns I helped you.”

I turn to look at her.

She’s standing beside the bed.

“No, he won’t because you are going with them.”

She picks nervously at her fingers, glancing between me and the bedroom door.

“Or you can leave,” I say calmly. “Because no one deserves to be stolen from their pack the way they have been.”

I climb over the waist-length balcony railing and out into the backyard, trying not to think about Aerin tumbling over it in her condition.

I’m turning left, remembering that the omegas’ room was that way when Lisa whispers. “It’s this way.”

I twist to face her, frowning. “But their room is this way.”

I’m almost certain of it.

“That’s not where they sleep.”

Ah. No wonder Franklin didn’t mind showing me their room.

It’s the middle of the night and, other than the moonlight illuminating the backyard, it’s silent. All the rooms we pass are dark. Everyone is sleeping.

I briefly hope we don’t run into any patrols, but even if we do, I know I won’t have another chance like tonight.

My pack—and my dad—won’t sit on their hands for long.

Aerin is safe, and she’ll have shared more information about the property than they had before. So they will be looking to attack as soon as possible. If I can get the omegas out of the building and away before that attack happens, then maybe the Raleighs won’t notice the omegas are missing until it’s too late to go after them.

Lisa is quiet as we creep around the outside of the building.

I know I’m taking a risk in not just trusting her, but involving her, but I’m desperate.

If I’m wrong and she stabs me in the back, then I’ll deal with the consequences. But this feels like an opportunity I’d have regretted not taking.

She stops at one of the dark balcony windows and points at it. “There.”

“Are you sure?” I ask.

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