Alex didn't have the time to finish his sentence because ten cars entered the middle of the room without any warning as his parents walked out of it, a blur of people following right after them. His father took one look at Eliott's body before fleeing towards his children, hugging them both at the same time.

"Take him immediately! Get this man out of my sight." Allen ordered, and a couple of Alphas immediately obeyed. Her eyes didn't leave his children, though, and she was kneeling beside them in the next second, one arm over Alex and the other on his husband's back, her hand reaching for Shine.

"Are you...