SHADE POV - I walked into the room where Aria was still sitting with Haze. I didn't speak. Didn't even glance at her for too long. Haze was still in her arms, and Corey's alpha pulse beat loud enough through the bond to warn me. I couldn't afford to let either of them feel just how pissed off I was. Cy came in right behind me. Deonte rounded the corner a second later. I turned to Cy. "I need you. Now." He followed after signing something to Athena. Then he signed again, pointed to her stomach, and said, "And them too." She signed back quickly. I stopped Deonte just outside the door. "Stick to Aria and the baby. Glue yourself to them. Send Dalia and Athena down to the omega halls and have them lock the doors with everyone inside. Do not let anyone but one of us through. Not for anythin

