Chapter 17

"The sub-councils agree that this is the only way, Tamara."

"By only way, you mean hunting and killing Aiden like he's some sort of rabid dog!"

"We will have war on our hands again if we don't stop him. He has gone insane."

"Anyone would if they were in his place, Jacob. He was starved and tortured for months in that dark place. By the people who murdered his family. We couldn't save him from them in time. You couldn't save him."

"I'm trying to save him now!"

"I'm scared that it might be too late for that."

Conversation between Jacob Thorne and Tamara Thorne, two years after the Great Purge.

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Tamara’s POV

Hours Earlier

I opened my eyes to see my cousin staring out the window of my bedroom. From the way he was still dressed in his clothes from yesterday, he must have been here all night.

"Sleep well?" He asked, his attention still on whatever he'd been staring at and I was about to make a snide comment when I remembered why he w