Chapter 44

**** Alyssa ****

Three dead.

It hurts my heart to see three wolves dead because of me. One looks young, probably my age, and the other two look older. I recognize the older two from the files I examined years ago, but I only remember a little about them as individuals. And that just makes me feel worse. All three must have families who love them; I wonder if the young man had met his mate yet?

Just then, a familiar and unexpected voice breaks my revelry. That is a voice I haven't heard in person in many years, and it takes a moment for me to fully register who it is.

"Well, I never should have trusted a rogue to do a Luna's job."

My brain was still grappling with her words, and I couldn't quite process what she meant. What the heck is she doing here?

A heavily pregnant Carin steps out of the plane with a smug grin, and a gun pointed right at me.

"Aunt Carin?" This does not make sense. If she's here, does that mean she had something to do with my parents' deaths? And how did