Chapter 54 The Victims

“Let’s go somewhere and talk,” Thea said.

The terrified girl nodded. She was shaking, emaciated. Thea put her hand around her boney shoulders and guided her out of the cafeteria. Other girls saw, got up, and ran after them. Thea told the triplets in their minds where she was going. She kept her thoughts open to them.

Once they were outside and out of earshot, Thea turned to the girls.

“I think I know what you want to talk about,” Thea said. “ Did Xavier use his Alpha tone to keep you silent?”

The girls’ faces said yes.

“Okay. You can’t say anything, but I can talk, and you can nod or shake your heads.”

They nodded. Other girls found their way over as she talked. She noticed they were all omegas from other packs. No one from her pack was in the group. 

Eventually, Thea got the information she needed. Xavier had been using his Alpha tone since the beginning of the school year when he shifted. He didn’t stop after he assaulted Thea or after his punishment.

“Are any of you in Xavier’s pack?” Thea said.

Two girls raised their hands.

“If he becomes Alpha, you can join my pack. You don’t have to stay there,” she said. 

“That goes for anyone who doesn’t want to live under his rule.”

The girls started to cry. 

“Thank you,” they said.

“Is this happening anywhere else? Is it only Xavier, or are there others?” Thea said.

The girls gave her a look. They wanted to say something but were compelled not to.

“What pack are you in?” Thea said.

“Crescent Moon,” a few girls said.

“Cold Moon,” another said.

“Eclipse.”

“Far Side.”

“Storm Moon.”

“Mead Moon.”

Thea felt sick. She had no idea so many packs were having this problem.

“Is it your Alphas’ sons doing it?” Thea said.

The look they gave told her it was.

“I’m not familiar with the Alphas of these packs. Are they good men, or are they like Xavier?”

“Crescent Moon’s Alpha is like Xavier,” the girl who came up to her in the cafeteria said. Thea learned her name was Alessia. She was from Crescent Moon. “He mostly uses the slaves as his playthings. They don’t go to school, so he can do whatever he wants with them around the clock.”

“Ours too,” the other girls said.

Thea sighed.

being mistreated can join my

of the leaders that are supposed to protect them. Spread the word inside your packs, especially to the slaves. I can’t get to them inside

They nodded.

will fix what happened to you, but I’m not going to let it continue. If you’re afraid your family

think that’s the other thing they look for—no one to protect us,” Alessia

She wished she had a wolf. She’d challenge these Alphas for their packs right now and free

the girls in

were shocked when Markus and his friends tried

tried with you, being the future Luna of New

the hurting? Or anything else that’s going on that

looked at each

ranking members of the pack. They each find their own toys,

get away from the abuse,” a girl named Jessica said. “I don’t know where she is

put her hand on her shoulder and squeezed

to come to New Dawn. To

sniffled and

group of guys that jumped you used to do things,” Alessia

there was no point in telling on them. The Alpha wouldn’t punish them. It would have made everything worse. But those boys haven’t done anything since the day they attacked you, and you put them all on

something,” Thea

of their packs and doesn’t want to be, the same offer stands. I can’t protect anyone when they’re inside

The girls nodded.

at school the past few months,”

come

else even made the offer,”

you think of anything, if you hear anything, if you suspect anything, come

‘let’s go to the bar,’ and I’ll know what’s going on. You can give my number to anyone who needs help. If they don’t have a phone, come to the

all programmed her number into them. Half the girls didn’t have

should know, New Dawn doesn’t have omegas or slaves. No one who joins our pack will

looked at each other, hope

said. “He gets abused

can come too,” Thea

help, come to New Dawn. No one needs

spilled out of the girl’s

good man. I think he’ll strip Xavier of his title and give it to his younger son, Garret, who

The girls nodded.

look into the other packs and Alphas,” Thea

you, Luna,”

Luna,”

use that title, they were symbolically asking to be under her protection and accepting her as their leader, their ceremonial mother. Thea held back tears at the gesture. They needed strength right

not Luna yet,” she said.

you’re welcome. I’m sorry it took so long for this to come out. It’ll be over soon. Tell people they can also come to any

her lunch table with five minutes left

of work to do,”

than I thought. It’s not just Xavier.” She asked if any of them

of omegas and

Alpha. We don’t

from Crescent

the one who grabbed your chest,” Lizzy said. Thea looked at Misty.

from Crescent Moon

told the girls if we couldn’t fix things, they could

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