AARON

The slaug hter I find at the cabin is worse than the carnage I left behind at the factory where we fought Tobin and his men.

All of the guys I left behind to protect the property are dead.

Every single one of them.

Starting with the guys manning the gate and outer perimeter, all the way up the mountain to the cabin itself.

I can’t even imagine the number of wolves it must have taken to overwhelm and defeat my most highly-trained men.

My heart feels like it’s being slowly torn out of my chest as I desperately run into the cabin, only to find more of the same.

My dead men, and their last line of defense.

Worse, Lillian wasn’t spared.

I know in my heart she would have done everything to protect Ethan right up to her last dying breath.

I st agger a little as I walk through the cabin

I don’t know if I can bring myself to walk into Ethan’s nursery.

I see

my infant son in his crib,

world will be able

I have to know, so I force my legs to carry me the rest of the way until I’m

as if the tide

no sign of blood or

start noticing a few odd

a blanket that’s usually on the rocking chair and a number

the

made up for the day, Labeled and still stored in the fridge, some of his spare bottles and the tin of baby formula are gone, along

and my relief is so acute, I have to drop to my knees right there in the middle

bunch of

any better or easier, but at least now I know he’s not dead, and maybe they don’t intend to kill

and the immediate need to get him back as soon as possible, I know I have to tell Leah

should have told her sooner, I

would’ve

have used Ethan as bait today at the factory instead of my mate,

that makes me wonder if Tobin somehow had something to do with Ethan’s abduction. That he thought I would be dead by now, and had organized to have

But to what end?

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