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

in

in the world will be able to pull me back

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

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

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

I start noticing

capsule, teddies, a blanket that’s usually on the

the main room of the cabin, forcing

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

acute, I have to drop to my knees right there

whole bunch of stuff with the

any better or easier, but at least now I know he’s not dead, and maybe they

to get him back as soon as possible, I know I

should have told her sooner, I regret that I

this would’ve

today at

I would be dead by now, and had

But to what end?

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