The Fallen (Annual Game Night: Sector Five Alphas #3)

Chapter 7

Chapter Seven

Father Draven

Six Days Until Game Night

UGC Offical Transmission Channel

Attention: This is a message from the Universal Governance Council ABO Security and Surveillance Division.

Missive: Game Night

The UGC acting in accordance with the verdict cast forth from the ABOSSD has declared a trial. The unrest amongst the Alpha Elites has been brought to the attention of the governing body. As a result you will be granted one night in which your cerebral monitors will be turned off. This will allow you to experience all the emotions, drives, and aggressions of an Alpha. You are free to act on these impulses as your aggression center will no longer be short-circuited, inhibiting your actions.

This freedom will last for a period of fourteen (14) hours from 7:00 pm Eastern Sector Time on Oct. 31st until 9:00 am Eastern Sector Time on Nov. 1st

NOTE: This is for Sector 5 only. Any Alphas from other sectors that wish to participate will need to be processed at any one of our border control hubs by Oct. 29th at the latest.

Since the number of registered omegas in Sector 5 have far surpassed critical level, it is now safe to suspend Alpha Ordinance 12: “Dynamic Interbreeding Permissions Act” for this one night. It is our goal that this one night of reprieve will help with the growing unease and allow you to bleed off your need to hunt and capture. May you find freedom in this Game Night and make this experiment a success.

I stare at the message, my heart pounding in my chest. Off to the side, I watch the countdown as it ticks by. So close. I can nearly taste the freedom now. It’s the only way I can actually condone my reprehensible behavior toward Sister Emily Agnes. Not that it’s any real excuse.

Adrenaline pumps through my veins as I walk over to the window, watching as the Sisters hang up laundry on an unseasonably mild day. The snow we normally get has been delayed, creating a perfect storm for this year’s Game Night. Perhaps I should command them all to stay inside even now?

With the weather bringing out all sorts of craziness, I worry about them being in harm’s way. The only thing giving me pause, allowing me to breathe at night, is knowing they’re all on suppressants. It’s as safe as I can make them. To pull them from their service will only cause more alarm than help.

Besides, only one Sister actually draws out the protective streak rising to the surface. I watch as she laughs with the others, carefree and happy. Na?ve. We should have never accepted her here. She is a danger to all of us.

Pacing, I once more look at the countdown. May God, in His infinite mercy, show us a kindness.

All of us.