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?

on?” I said,

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Kylee shrieked. “She stole every last penny our mother had.

said under his breath from behind

standing up as my anger

from Ma’s account. Gone. Her phone is off. She’s not answering emails. The neighbors say that they haven’t

but there wasn’t a

have no idea where she

know exactly where she

is?” Kylee asked with a strange

cut ties with the pack a few weeks ago,” I

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

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She lies.‘

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cut him off, pushing him out of my head. I was tired of

wouldn’t do that,” Marie

evening caring that her only sibling cut herself off

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

hall when Briggs caught up with me,

do, Theo,

gritted teeth. “She’s just as bad as I thought

even going

done, Briggs,” I interrupted. “I’m not living

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It still took most of the

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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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