All of us stood around each other, the fire sparked with big flames, and with winds picked up behind us, blowing into the room from the glass doors that remained open. 

It bothered me to see the doors open like that, it was like they were goading us-- leaving the doors open as if to say ' You're free to go' but nobody moved. Were we all so docile that they felt safe enough to take this risk with us? Or were they just so certain of the Alphas abilities to chase us down if we ever ...