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

be broken, and nothing in the world will be able

to carry me the rest of the way

and completely untouched, as

no sign of blood or other

start noticing a few

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

the cabin,

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

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

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

I know he’s not dead, and maybe

with our missing son and the immediate need to get him back as soon

have told her sooner,

of this would’ve happened

at the factory instead of my

would be dead by now, and had organized to

But to what end?

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