"Elena!?" Before Anders could react, I wriggled out of his grasp and threw myself forward to reach the girl. She turned around, wondering what all the commotion was about. Her big brown eyes widened when she realized who was calling her name. " Miss Beatriz? Is that really you?" I stopped just before I slammed into her. No mistake, she really was the young omega from my pack. She had dark circles under her eyes like she hadn’t slept in a while and I could see bruises on her face, arms and neck, but despite all that she looked okay. "What are you doing here? Did they ambush you, too? Are they keeping you against your will? Are you hurt?" I realized Anders' Beta had grabbed my arm to prevent me from bolting again. Annoyed, I shook it to try to get her to let go, but she only narrowed he

