Caleb´s POV
From the window of the rented flat, I watched the gray concrete building where Frank and Susan, Hilda’s parents, were being held. The light from its windows cast long shadows across the empty street, and the Gamma guards patrolled with methodical steps, their imposing silhouettes outlined by the lamplight. Since the failed rescue attempt only hours ago, and Mara’s dizzying escape, Sigvar had been restless, his primal instinct urging me to act — but patience had to be my weapon now.
The Beta, that woman with the deep gaze who unsettled me in ways I couldn’t explain, was still there, giving orders to the Gammas, moving back and forth around the building, like the most jealous of sentinels — a presence that kept disturbing my mind and soul in a way I couldn’t name.
Betty was as
