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

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every

said under his

standing up as my anger quickly

that they haven’t seen her in weeks,” Kylee continued. “She took everything and ran like the selfish brat she

admonished, but there wasn’t a lot

Theo, we have no idea where she could

worry,” I said. “I know exactly where she

is?” Kylee asked

with the pack a few weeks ago,” I

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 what a

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true. She

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cut him off, pushing him out of my head. I was tired of his stubbornness, I grabbed my phone and keys

do

spat, not evening caring that her only sibling cut herself off from them. “She’s always been selfish

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

down the hall when Briggs caught up with me, grabbing

do, Theo, don’t,” he hissed

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

not even going

Briggs,” I interrupted. “I’m not living with her

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right away. I stopped at the 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

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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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