Chapter 33: Unraveling the Mystery.

The very first hint that Liam's past held deeper, darker mysteries was a tattered journal found in the depths of his private study. Of course, Chloe had stumbled across it in all truth while scouring the room for any clues, any hint as to where he could have gone or what might have befallen him. The leather-bound book seemed more than ordinary at first glance. Something about the script on its timeworn pages made her stop. It wasn't the bold masculine strokes of Liam, but rather the other hand's elegant calligraphy. Chloe settled into the chair at Liam's desk with a furrowed brow and began to read, uninterested. But that changed quickly as indifference turned to shock, then disbelief at the words on the page, forming into something darker than she had ever imagined. These were the memoirs of Theron, Liam's father and the former Alpha of the Pack—an account of decades of carefully cultivated lies, manipulation, and unspeakable acts of cruelty committed in the pursuit of power and con