Book 1: Chapter Sixty

“How did it get here?”

“Nailed to a tree outside the territory.”

She clicked her tongue. “When?”

I glanced outside. “I don’t know…I’ve been holed up in here.”

Sighing, she put her hands on the sides of my face and pulled me down. Our foreheads touched and my eyes closed.

“Don’t make the same mistake Father did.”

I growled loudly. “I’m not letting those bastards get…”

“Silas.” She cut me off, voice harsh. “I don’t mean that. I mean, thinking you can take this on alone. You’re not alone.”

My eyes opened and she was staring into my own, seeing the anger she also had. The fire that I had been feeling in my own soul but hers smoldered instead of exploded. It didn’t come out in a blind rage. Sighing, I shook my head.

“I know. I just…”

“You obviously don’t know. Three days, Sil. You’ve been holed up here three days. Haven’t spoken to anyone, haven’t reached out. Even if you didn’t want to speak to your pack about it, you have me. Not just your sister or some rogue, but it’s my duty as First