Chapter 38

JAYSON

I'm going out of my fucking mind.

I'm in my office. Stewing. It's been three days since Luke got back and my emotions are amped 100 times. Of course, it doesn't help the fucking moon is tonight.

I was going to have the best time with Sarah. I was going to dance with her, kiss her. Make love to her and mark her. Making her mine forever.

Now, I don't know if I'll ever see her alive again.

I pound back a shot of Whiskey. There's a knock at my door.

"Come." I bark.

The door opens. "Hello, son." My father walks in.

My eyes narrow. "What do you want?"

"Son." He walks in.

"Don't fucking son me. You sold us out!" I pour another glass and sip it.

He shook his head. "I had no choice. The council twisted my arm."

I pound back my shot and slammed my glass on the desk. I stood up. "No! You had a fucking choice! You're just too much of coward to stand up to them!"

"We can't fight them, Jayson! When are you going to realize that?!" He yelled back.

"Oh, I'm fighting them. They will pry this pa