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,

will be able to pull me back from

know, so I force my legs to carry me

completely untouched, as if the tide of violence

there’s no sign of

I start noticing a few

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

the main room of the cabin, forcing myself to ignore

and still stored in the fridge, some

have to drop to my knees right there in the middle of

took a whole bunch of stuff with the clear intention to

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

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

have told her sooner, I regret

none of this would’ve

bait today at the factory instead of

with Ethan’s abduction. That he thought I would be dead by now, and had organized to have my son snat ched at the

But to what end?

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