Chapter 149

I need to swallow this, bite the bullet and do it like ripping off a Band-Aid and not sitting pondering and building the moment into something worse. He’s out there, doing god knows what, and the sooner I link him, or even see if I can, the sooner we can figure this out and head for a safe place, and all of this no longer rests on my shoulders alone. Some control of this situation, someone else to make the decisions, and I hope to God I’m not being a fool and putting my faith in Colton, only to have him deliver us back into Juan’s hands. I truly believe in my heart, despite everything that’s happened between us, Colton will come through for me—for us. This isn’t about marking or obeying the Alpha and respecting the laws. This is about his mom and intervening in something more significant than the rules of the packs. This is about betrayal and what his father has done, and I have no idea how I’m going to tell him. It’s not the kind of thing you can just rock up in his head and say, ‘Hey