Chapter 26: Matter of Life and Death

"I remember now! He's from our pack" I declared as the memory finally came back to me. I pointed at the leather shoes. "Those belong to one of my father's bodyguards. He only works for my father."

I bit my lower lip. Although I didn't want to believe that my father had anything to do with this, I couldn't risk hiding anything because this was a life-and-death situation.

"He was affiliated with a gang of criminals who were going to be executed, but my father said that he wanted to give them another chance because they were young. These people became my father's men. In order to express their loyalty, these people cut off their own thumbs as a pledge of allegiance. Look here, the thumb of this man is missing."

I hung my head in shame, shocked at the fact that the people who captured my best friend's boyfriend were actually my father's men.

"I'm sorry... Nico... I..." I wanted to give her a reasonable explanation or more assurances, but I couldn't. There was nothing I could say to mak