[Rachel's POV] As I made my way back into the compound after seeing Gabriel off in the cab, I couldn't help but notice the icy glares from everyone around me—the workers, the guards. It was as if they knew something, their disapproving expressions directed at me. Had the guards betrayed my trust and gossiped about the kiss with Gabriel? Anger flared within me. How dare they spread such private matters to everyone? Determined to confront the guard in charge, the one who had ordered Gabriel's capture, I strode purposefully toward the section they normally occupied. But before I could reach him, Nancy, one of the omegas who now served as a maid, intercepted. Nancy had always been someone i admired since childhood, but the different statuses within the pack had kept us apart. I was the daugh

