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

infant son in his crib, it will ruin

will be broken, and nothing in the world will be able to pull me back from the

force my legs to carry me the rest of the way until I’m

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

empty, and there’s no sign of blood or other trauma left

then I start noticing

car capsule, teddies, a blanket that’s usually on the rocking chair and a number

the cabin, forcing myself to ignore the carnage 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

acute, I have to drop to

also took a whole bunch of stuff with the clear intention to look

or easier, but at least now I

our missing son and the immediate need to get him back as soon as possible, I

her sooner, I

this would’ve happened

used Ethan as bait today at

thought I would be dead by now, and had organized

But to what end?

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