27. This Fire

THEON.

Yileyna being there had been enough to control me from unleashing hell worse than I did. The moment she told me she sensed some life force, I left. I needed to find Thea, if she died… once again I'd have failed. I was meant to protect her but I didn’t. I only ever make matters worse.

I wouldn’t forgive Dad, and when we came face to face, I was going to kill him. Iyara… Thea… Yileyna… every single person that he had hurt. He would pay for those fucking crimes.

I recognised some of the women he had sold, girls of our pack… We were meant to protect them, and instead he sold them for power.

I had been around Andres for two years and he had come to trust me, but although he was a fool, he was nowhere near as twisted as Dad is. A man who I no longer wanted to refer to as my father.

I reached the rocky terrain, and it took me a while to locate the narrow entrance. The moment I managed to squeeze in, my heart thudded as a familiar scent hit me.

"Thea!" I shouted, my voice ringing