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.

I see

of my infant son in his crib, it will

the world will be

force my legs to carry me the rest

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

no sign of blood or other trauma

noticing a few

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

of the cabin, forcing myself to ignore the

stored in the fridge, some of his spare bottles and the tin of baby formula are

have to drop to my knees right there

took a whole bunch of stuff

but at least now I

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

should have told her sooner, I regret that

none of this would’ve happened if I’d told

Tobin would have used Ethan as bait today at the factory instead of my

he thought I would be dead by now, and had organized to have my son snat ched at

But to what end?

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