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?

down, Kylee. What’s going on?” I said, trying

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

Briggs said under his breath

I asked, standing up as my

emails. The neighbors say that they haven’t seen her in weeks,” Kylee continued. “She took everything and ran like the selfish

but there wasn’t a

have no idea where

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

where she is?” Kylee asked with a strange

cut ties with the pack a few weeks

care. I couldn’t believe I had been wallowing over her all this time. I couldn’t believe Kieran couldn’t see what a snake

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She lies.‘

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out of my head. I was tired of his stubbornness, I grabbed my phone and keys

do that,”

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

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

halfway down the hall when Briggs caught up with me, grabbing

you’re about to do, Theo, don’t,” he

all,” I said through gritted

not even going

I interrupted. “I’m not living with her

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police station to file a report to press charges against Ayla. I had to get things expedited, but it wasn’t too hard. It still took most of the evening to get all the paperwork together. So I got a hotel room to avoid returning to the packhouse and headed out before sunrise

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practically non–stop since I had left, so I cut my phone off

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