Chapter 159 Book 2 Chapter 57
Read Omega’s Possession by Jessica Hall Book 2 Chapter 57 – Thane POV
My back was aching from sitting in this chair. The council shut hours ago, yet still they were in
deliberations. I stretch my arms above my head, turning my head to spot Harlow walking into the room.
Rhen had taken her to stretch her legs and get her something to eat when we realized this was going to
take longer than expected.
My eyes trail over her, and a smirk splits onto my face as my eyes take in her tan legs, my eyes roam
over her, stopping at her face. She raises an eyebrow at me, catching me spying on her.
Harlow moves to one of the pews and I wiggle my finger at her toe to me, she purses her lips but
wanders over, ncing nervously at the council Elders who hadn’t even noticed them leave and they
were too busy arguing to notice her return. Harlow stops next to my chair.
My arm snakes around her hips, and I squeeze her ass. Harlow res at me, but the Elders weren’t
paying attention to us, nor would they see anything with the high-desk I was sitting at.
“Morefortable?” I ask her, and her cheeks me as she peeks at the council members. As if she
were worried, they would overhear and understand the question I asked her. She nods her head.
“Hopefully it won’t be much longer, or do you want me to have Raidone and get you?” I ask her. We
had offered multiple times, but she insisted on staying, wanting to hear the verdict.
“No, I want to stay,” she whispers, and I nod, letting her go. I incline my head to the chair beside me, but
she shakes her head. I nod for her to go until I notice her skinced with goosebumps. They had the air-
conditioning on in here, and even ra and Jackieined about the temperature being too cold
earlier. I barely felt the cold, yet it was obvious Harlow was freezing. Reaching out, I grip her hand and
she stops, turning her attention to me. “I want to stay,” she assures me.
Harlow was only wearing a little ck dress, making me notice the tinge of blue on her skin. I shake my
head, shrugging off my suit jacket to see Rhen doing the same; he tosses his arms up in the air, realizing
I am giving her mine.
Yep, she was definitely cold. She wastes no time taking it from me and moving back to the seating
behind me and taking her seat.
Rhen ces a cappino on the desk I’m sitting at before retaking his seat beside me. I take a sip,
watching Milena and ra arguing with Thomas, Cole, and Martin about what they believe is the best
course of action.
“We already know the decision. The rest we can figure out. Or you could just ask, we don’t know unless
we do,” Milena speaks up loud enough for me to look at the judges’ table. Milena folds her arms across
her chest, waiting for Elder Cole to ask his question. So I turn to the old man, giving him my attention.
Cole I have known since I was a kid, he was friends with my fathers, yet they shared vastly different
views on Omegas. My fathers just weren’t as vocal about their point of view, which was my mother’s
downfall in the council. Instead, she had to resort to ckmailing and digging up dirt on the officials, and
in the end, that got her killed. So if answering more questions got us out of this ce faster, I would see
what they had to say.
For four hours, they argued over whichws to erase and which to keep before it finally went to a vote.
They knew what mine was, so they didn’t bother asking. I grab the documents, getting ready to hand
them over if needed again.
“Before we vote, Mr. Keller?” Elder Cole asks and I lift my head from the paperwork I was sorting.
“Yes?” I ask him, wanting to get this over with.
“Exactly what do you n on doing with these Omegas? If we make this a safe-haven for Omegas. We
will have theming from all over the country seeking refuge to get out of their obligations.”
“The Omega refuge. I have already doubled the crews. So it should bepleted by next week.” I
answer, yet even I knew that wouldn’t house the amount of Omegas that would travel here to seek
refuge.
“How many can it house?” Milena asks, ncing up from her documents.
“Roughly three hundred, maybe more.” She nods her head and purses her lips.
“It won’t be big enough. We’ll have to figure something out.” Elder Cole speaks, his brows furrowing as
he flicks through a folder. Council member Tatum leans over, tossing a document in front of Cole.
“We can divert council funds. With the Omegasing here, we should be able to afford to divert funds
and push a fewmunity projects back until next year. Theming here won’t necessarily be a bad
thing. It will draw attention to the city, tourists, and alphas looking for Omegas, and that revenue can also
be chucked into extra security, and paying back the council funds, but we can also put some aside into a
fund for the Omegas?” He tells Cole, who nods his head.
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“Is there a fund? How do you n on running this refuge?” Tatum asks, turning in his seat to look at me.
However, it is Rhen that gets up, moving toward the council table. He hands them a folder. “The Keller
family has been putting aside half thepany’s ie aside since Hana first petitioned; that hasn’t
changed since Thane took over. Each month, money has been set aside, invested, and pushed back into
the fund. The interest gained on those funds alone is enough to cover the refuge expenses.” “What about
schooling? These women – as you said – at before, have had no proper education since least twelve
and that is not including orphaned Omegas raised in these facilities?” ra, another council member,
asks.