Todos os capítulos de The Omega and The Arrogant Alpha: Capítulo 311 - Capítulo 320

The room is still loud with motion when Ben’s hand leaves my back, and I register the absence of it immediately even as terminals continue flashing and voices overlap in clipped urgency, because I have learned to track him the same way I track exits, without thinking and without needing to look.I a

The room has not settled since Ben said no, and I can feel it vibrating under my skin, the kind of tension that comes when too many decisions are being made at once and none of them are aligned, and I stay where I am because movement right now would look like retreat.Ben does not let go of my hand,

No one moves after the officer says they are holding position, and the stillness that follows feels heavier than the chaos that came before it, because hesitation in a room like this is never neutral and everyone here knows it.I stay where I am, close enough to Ben that I can feel the steady rhythm

The silence after the line breaks does not last long enough to settle, because hesitation is not the same thing as retreat, and I feel that distinction sink into my bones even as the room holds its breath.The lead officer’s shoulders remain squared, but his eyes keep flicking toward the doors, and

The silence stretches after Ben’s last words, not because anyone believes it resolved anything, but because everyone understands that the next movement will change the shape of the room permanently.The extraction leader watches me closely now, his posture still formal but his focus sharpened, becau