#Chapter 62 Masks Off

My bound hands trembled in front of me, the plastic tarp walls of the hut seeming to close in around me, matching the tightness in my chest. Ines's words echoed in my mind as I sat there alone, staining my previous views of the world. The realization sunk in deeper every second. The Omegas I’d been searching for, who I’d assumed to be the victims of some nefarious plot, felt safer here with the Rogues. They’d fled the supposed sanctuary of Eclipse for a lawless, uncertain existence, and they were glad. The implications were staggering. It wasn’t like I wasn’t aware of Eclipse’s outdated attitudes, their twisted policies and corrupt politics, but Ines’s story was a stark wake-up call to how bad it really was. Her child was murdered, and she’d had to turn to complete strangers for safety rather than her own pack. Help from Eclipse was so unlikely that it hadn’t even been worth it to try. No, worse—if she’d have tried to expose her husband, not only would she not be believed, s