Orion’s POV “Move!” A guard barks at us as we’re escorted from the chambers to the dungeon where we will spend the night and await our fate tomorrow. The dungeon is located at the farthest end of the Supreme Alpha’s palace. It is a towering building that is neither inviting nor cheery on the outside, talk more of the inside. I turn to look at my mother. She’s neither crying nor whimpering now. Her head is still bent low, her walk almost a limp now. Her shoulders low like she has the weight of the world on them. She is exhausted and looks like she’s aged a decade. I can’t wait to get to the dungeon so she can rest. I’m tempted to blame Arizona but I can’t. I brought this on myself. I should have known that stepping away from her to bear her shame alone when Imogene asked her to a

