Chapter 236
We drive through the gate and all the way up to Tobin’s grand mansion without seeing another single wolf. There doesn’t seem to be any guards or wolves patrolling, but looks can be deceiving
Many of the men who were at the factory with Tobin last night seemed to be rogue wolves he’d somehow managed to convince to fight for him, so it leaves me wondering where the majority of his fighting force are at the moment.
James and I get out of the car and then head up toward the huge, black double-door entrance. One of the doors swings inward to reveal a housekeeper in a uniform.
“Sorry, but we are not taking visitors right now,” she says with a pinched look of disapproval on her face,
However, just at that moment, the wail of a baby echoes through the house and I catch the faintest hint of scent.
I’ve never heard Ethan cry before, but I feel it in my bones.
That cry.
That’s my son.
“Oh my go d,” I utter and I’m moving forward before I even know what I’m doing. “It’s him! James, he’s here! Call Aaron.”
I don’t wait for him to reply as I rush the door.
The housekeeper tries to block me, shouting something about being an intruder, but I snarl and shove her out of the way.
and no one is going to keep me from Ethan when
the cries, the scent growing stronger, until I burst into a
skid to a stop at the sight of Adam holding
me. “I was going to call you, but here
what the hell is going on?”
figure out how I can sna tch my
Adam steps forward to meet me, and hands
of him and hold my
is look down and enjoy this
on Adam,
I know we’ve had our differences-some misunderstandings-but surely you can see the truth now,” Adam says in a gentle voice, like we’re still best friends and nothing
and anger, not sure what to make of
your son, Leah,” Adam says, as if this should be obvious. “Aaron was holding him captive, keeping him from you, lying to you. He doesn’t love you. He just used you for his own gain, and
but some small, insecure part of me wonders if some of what Adam says is the
doesn’t think he
he saved
you to find out I’d been monitoring you the past few years the way you did. I was
But there was one single reason
is what?” I ask
planned to threaten my son’s life to get back at me or hurt Aaron, but that’s
in a low voice, and I can see the truth of it in his gaze. The way he looks
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