Chapter 71

Hunter’s POV

Silence. It was a suffocating thing, pressing down on me like a physical weight. I’d so badly wanted to sit on the Alpha’s chair, in this very chamber, but it now echoed with an emptiness that mirrored the hollowness in my chest.

It had been a couple of weeks since Liya… since everything went to hell. The memory of her fiery eyes flashing with defiance, her words laced with hurt and anger, still haunted me.

I know we weren’t perfect, but at least we tried our best. Relationships weren’t exactly plain and simple, especially if you have the weight of the pack on your shoulders, even Liya knew that, but I guess she expected us to try harder.

Her disappearance had punched a hole through our hearts, leaving a void that echoed in the training grounds and every other place I tortured her.

Guilt gnawed at me; a beast that refused to be tamed. We, the triplets – Gunter, Ryder, and I – had treated Liya like… well, like something less than she deserved. We followed our father's lead