Chapter 35: Theo

I felt like I was on auto–pilot for days after I felt Ayla with Kingston. I slept even less. My nights were plagued with dreams of them together whenever I closed my eyes. The only way I could get any peace was to get drunk enough to pass

out.

I was avoiding my parents, and Kylee, and anyone else for that matter. Especially Briggs. After Kylee’s cousin, Mina, turned out to be his fated mate, I couldn’t handle being around them.

I was holed up in my office again when he burst through the door without knocking..

“In case you didn’t get the hint,” I said, “I’m not in the mood to talk to you.”

“I’m just here to do my job,” he replied, dropping a folder on my desk. “I finally heard back from some of the other packs. There have been four similar fires set in other territories. Two

with casualties.”

I picked up the file and was eagerly opening it when Kylee rushed into my office, followed by her mother.

“You need to find her, Theo,” she yelled angrily.

“What are you…”

“Ayla,” she interrupted, fury rolling off of her.

I felt the blood drain from my face. Had she found out her

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sister was a rogue?

going on?” I said, trying to maintain some

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She stole everything,” Kylee shrieked. “She stole every last penny our mother had. She took

said under his breath from behind

up as my anger

not answering emails. The neighbors say that they haven’t seen her in weeks,” Kylee continued. “She took everything and

there

we have no idea where she could

“I know exactly where she is. I’ll take care of

is?” Kylee asked with a

cut ties with the pack a few

wasn’t exactly the way I was going to break the news to them, but right now, I didn’t really care. I couldn’t believe I had been wallowing over her all this time. I couldn’t believe Kieran couldn’t see

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pushing him out of my head. I was tired of his stubbornness, I grabbed my phone

wouldn’t do that,”

she would, Ma,” Kylee spat, not evening caring that her only sibling cut herself

me handle this,” I insisted, heading for the door. “I’ll make sure

halfway down the hall when Briggs

about to do, Theo, don’t,” he

all,” I said through gritted

not even

“I’m not living with her hanging over my

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It still took most of the evening to get all the paperwork together. So I got a hotel room

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had been calling me practically non–stop since I had left, so I cut my phone off a few hours into the drive. Until I got to

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