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.

know if I see

my infant son in his crib, it will ruin

in the world will be able to pull me back from

I force my legs to carry me the rest

completely untouched, as if the tide of violence didn’t quite reach this

and there’s no sign of blood or

noticing a few odd

a blanket that’s usually on the rocking chair and a number of other items are

back out into the main room of the cabin, forcing myself to ignore

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 with all his

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

a whole bunch of stuff

at least now I know he’s not dead, and maybe they don’t

get him back as soon as possible, I know

her sooner, I regret

would’ve happened if I’d

as bait today at the factory instead of my mate, and my son could

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

But to what end?

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