C13 THE FIRST CRACK

Harwick paused. The pause was brief, barely half a second, but Caelum heard it the way he heard everything these days, with an alertness that bordered on paranoia and that he could not seem to turn off no matter how hard he tried.

“Which omega?” Harwick asked carefully.

“Don’t,” Caelum said.

“Alpha.”

“Don’t pretend you don’t know which omega I’m talking about