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I groaned, pulling away from her. “Let Theron tuck you in, okay? You need to get some sleep for tomorrow.”
“Okay,” she whispered.
“I’ll be back as soon as I can,” I told Theron as I left.
***
Ezra was waiting for me in the security building, his serious expression firmly in place.
“Security duty?” I asked, wondering what the Alpha needed from us at this hour.
“Yes and no,” Ezra replied, leading the way to our back office.
The room at the end of the hall was a workshop for new technology.
“After the meeting, Shiloh told us that spells could be interrupted with a strong enough burst of electricity,” Ezra explained.
“Do we suspect the Blood Moon pack is using witches?”
“I can’t say. But we know the Council is, and with Blood Moon openly attacking us, we can’t put it past the Council to try and use the aftermath to their full advantage,” said Ezra.
“He needs us to get ahead of the curve?”
“We’re going to make the curve.”
Ezra’s tone was half-dread, half-excitement. It ignited my curiosity.
“So, what are our orders?” I asked.
“We’re going to make weapons that can stop a witch.”
Chapter 20
Myla
Bowen and Silas returned home an hour after Gentry left. Bowen wrapped me in his arms when he walked through the door, and I relished the safety and comfort he offered. He curled his body around me like a shield. Smelling a Blood Moon wolf after all this time ignited fear I hadn’t known I still felt.
“Hey, sweet girl. How are you feeling?” Bowen asked.
“Like this is all my fault,” I admitted, inhaling his scent. “I know you’re going to tell me it’s not, but the pack wouldn’t be on Blood Moon’s radar if I never showed up.”
Bowen stiffened. His muscles bunched under my hands, and he grabbed my shoulders, leaning back to see my face. “You’re serious. You think this is your fault.”
Shame colored my cheeks.
“If it weren’t us, it would be someone else,” Silas said as he took my hand and guided me to the dining room table.
I slid into a chair, and Theron and Silas sat across from me and Bowen.
“We researched Alpha Kane. He’s unstable, to say the least. Raids, kidnapping, torture, slavery . . . the list goes on and on. Cruelty lives in him.” Silas held my gaze, imploring me to heed his words. “If some other Omega dared to escape, Blood Moon would have gone after another pack, but the result will always be the same because Kane is who he is.”
Bowen’s hand engulfed mine. “If anyone is to blame for this mess, it’s the males who use and abuse Omegas. They’re determined to treat them like property. It’s a side effect of the Black War and the Council. It has nothing to do with you choosing to protect yourself.”
“There is nothing we would change about finding you,” Theron said.
His dark, endless eyes filled with affection. His words blanketed my worries and made me think of things in a new light. Silas was right; even if I’d stayed with Blood Moon, another Omega would have eventually escaped. Alpha Kane got off on overpowering others and making the pack bigger.
A finger brushed against my nose, snapping me out of my thoughts.
