67 - The Fake Omega II

"My dear, get into this carriage. I still have a thing or two to do before we leave."

I glanced back, realizing Jackson wasn't riding with me into the carriage that had arrived.

"Where are you going, honey?" I asked, feeling a little anxious. He didn't answer. Instead, my question is answered by a noise coming from the opposite direction of us.

"Raise your hands! King Hilbert has come!"

My heart seemed to stop beating when that name was announced. Jackson had known for a long time that someone would come to get us. Is that why he asked me to leave first? Because he knew Hilbert was coming?

"You, move aside. We're looking for an Omega. Let us search your carriage."

From inside, I could hear Jackson chirping angrily with the soldiers who had come looking for me.

"I can't, my wife is sick. And I don't see anyone else here. Can you leave now?" Jackson replied angrily, I could hear the emotion in his voice.

"These are the King's orders, Fir. Do you dare defy the will of your own King?" the