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chair leg hit it.   
    “Calm down, Angel,” Jaxson said.  Angel grabbed him and swung him around, slamming him against the wall and baring her teeth at him.  Jaxson barely controlled his wolf’s response.  His wolf was ready to fight, but this was Angel, his alpha.  He did not know what he had done to piss her off, but as his alpha, she deserved his respect. 
    Jaxson tilted his head to the side, bared his neck in submission and waited.  There was complete silence in the room.  Nobody moved.  Finally, Angel seemed to get control of her wolf.  She let go of Jaxson and turned to walk out of the room.  As she passed Phoenix, she handed him the necklace. No one followed her.  They knew better.  They all wanted to keep their balls intact, thank you very much.
    Phoenix clenched the necklace in his hand, shutting his eyes tightly.  He wished he could connect with Serenity.  He wanted to hear her voice and to know that she was ok.  He wanted to feel her hand on him again, without Angel in the way this time.  Slowly he unclenched his hand and then slipped the necklace on.  He would keep it safe for her until she could wear it again.  Soon, he promised himself.  Soon.

Chapter 10
 
    S erenity woke up to the sound of angry voices in the room.  “You are not getting near her again,” she heard Rikki say.  “You have stolen enough of her blood.  You don’t need anymore.  Now get out.”
    “Look,” she heard a placating voice whisper urgently.  “I just need a little bit more.  The General wants....”
    “Does it look like I care what the General wants?  No, you will get the fuck out of this room, now,” Rikki told the scientist.
    Holy shit, was Rikki really going up against the General?  For her?  But she was human, they would hurt her.  Serenity could not let that happen.  Keeping her eyes closed and her breathing even so it looked like she was still asleep, Serenity silently slipped into the scientist’s mind with the intentions of making her leave empty-handed.  She hated entering someone’s personal space without permission after what Malcolm had done to her, but she would do whatever it took to keep Rikki safe.
    Instantly, Serenity felt the raw terror in the young scientist’s mind.  The woman was so scared of the darkness that was to come if she could not get the blood from Serenity.  The General threatened to put her back in the hole if she did not follow through with his orders.  The scientist had spent most of her life in the hole and did not want to go back.  Besides, if she did not get the blood, he would just send someone else to do it.  Someone that would hurt one of the women, and she really did not want that.  But the woman refused to ask for one of the guards to help.  She would take her punishment before personally bringing pain to anyone. 
    She had such a kind and gentle soul.  The soul of an omega.  Omega wolves did not have a violent or dominant nature.  They were able to feel the other people’s emotions and their presence alone calmed them.  There was no way in hell Serenity was letting the General send this woman back into the darkness.
    Serenity pulled quietly back out of the young scientist’s mind, and then opened her eyes and sat up.  Rikki immediately moved over next to Serenity offering silent support and protection.  Serenity motioned the scientist forward and rested her arm out, elbow up so she could get to the vein.  Surprise flashed across the woman’s face, but then she moved slowly forward and knelt down beside Serenity.  “I am so sorry,” she whispered as she got the needle ready.
    “I know you are,” Serenity told her.  “Can anyone see or hear us?”
    The woman kept her head down, her long hair covering her face, and said, “There is a video feed coming through, but no sound.  This is an older building that the General hasn’t used for years.  I was surprised that you were brought here.  Except for me, he moved all of the