Chapter 230

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 the

infant son in his crib,

in the world will be able

know, so I force my legs to carry me the rest of

enough, the room is pristine and completely untouched, as if

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

noticing a

blanket that’s usually on the rocking chair and

go back out into the main room of the cabin,

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

I have to drop to my knees right there

of stuff

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

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

have told her sooner, I regret that

this would’ve happened

would have used Ethan as bait today at the factory instead of my mate, and

That he thought I would be dead by now,

But to what end?

he have instructed his men

the obvious places to start, and I vow I’m going to rip apart every possible location from foundations to ceilings until I’ve found my son, or someone tells me

child abduction, no matter how worried they are about me making

I have to appeal to them-even hand myself over for crimes I didn’t commit-and it helps me find

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