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ground under the immense weight of his paws. Behind him, Aidan, Kyle and Heidi also charged in and neutralized some more of the intruders, growling, biting, and slapping weapons out of their hands, but making sure not to harm them too badly. The Alliance backup did the same until, after just minutes, they had disarmed and surrounded all of the Sons members in the room.
    Most of them hadn't even fought back. The element of surprise was a powerful thing indeed.
    In the center stood an unarmed man who hadn't been engaged so far: Lee Campbell.
    "You didn't think it was going to be that easy, did you?" Aidan snapped at him.
    He didn't reply, but he suddenly looked utterly defeated. Gone was the smug prisoner who had taunted Jamie and the others during every interrogation. He'd lost. It seemed as though the man had aged ten years in a span of seconds.
    Next to Campbell stood Alison, shivering visibly. Jamie let go of Gareth and stepped up to her. She wobbled slightly, and seemed dangerously close to losing her balance as she looked down at him.
    Are you okay?
Jamie stretched his paw out in her direction, just in case she needed to steady herself.
    I don't know,
she responded, pressing her lips together tightly. This was a lot to take in. As much as Jamie and she had shared over the past couple of days, he hadn’t transformed in front of her before.
    She looked over at Gareth and her dad and tears started to stream down her face.
    "I fucking knew it!" Gareth hissed at Alison, attempting to get up. Heidi pushed him back down with her front paws. "You filthy whore!"
    "Watch it," Campbell interjected.
    "No, Dad! Enough! While you've been rotting away in this building, your favorite over there has been screwing the enemy!" Gareth groaned as Heidi shifted more of her weight onto his upper torso.
    "That can't be. Alison, tell him he's wrong. Whatever you did, you were just doing your job, right?"
    Jamie glanced around the room at everyone. Despite being in animal form, their expressions were clear as day. Surprise. Shock. Anger. This was bad.
    "That's enough. Let's get them out of here." Jamie attempted to regain control of the situation.
    "The girl has been informing for us. She brought me in to coordinate the rescue," Aidan explained.
    A few bears Jamie had never seen before exchanged looks, as though they weren't quite convinced by Aidan's words, but nobody argued back.
    Heidi jumped into action first, nudging Gareth up and snapping at him when he tried to turn around.
    "You're going to pay for this," Gareth growled, while he was forced out of the door.
    Reluctantly, Kyle followed suit and got his prisoner up as well, herding him out the room behind Heidi.
    One after the other, the guys from the Alliance Council secured the Sons members, using heavy cable-ties as stand-in handcuffs and placing cloth bags over their heads. Jamie stayed behind with Alison and watched them as they led prisoner after prisoner from the room.
    When the room was largely empty, a familiar human face entered. Adrian Blacke, wearing one of his trademark black three-piece suits. No doubt he thought his outfits made him look more authoritative.
    "I don't have to tell you that we expect a detailed report of what went wrong here," he said to Jamie.
    Blacke turned and scrutinized Alison from head to toe. "I suppose thanks are in order for your role in the rescue."
    She nodded, but didn't say a word.
    "I probably don't need to tell you that what you've seen here today is strictly confidential. Your loyalty will be rewarded. Similarly, if we find that you've breached that confidentiality, there will be consequences."
    Jamie glared at Blacke, but quickly reined in his distaste for the man when he turned to face Jamie. "You'll monitor the situation, Abbott. And that report. Monday at the latest, understand?"
    Jamie nodded. "Yes, sir."
    Blacke stared at him a bit too long for comfort. Aidan and Heidi knowing about Alison were fine, but enough. Even if they disapproved,