Elowen's Pov

The Display Case was empty. For the first time since I had been brought here, the glass-walled chamber was silent and still, devoid of the other omegas who had been my silent companions. I stood with Thorne outside the glass, watching as the last of them was led away, her head down, her steps hesitant. She was being re-homed, sent to a smaller pack where she would be one of a few rather than one of many. Thorne had decided that his collection was no longer necessary. He had found what he was looking for. He had found me.

"They will all have better lives now," Thorne said,...