KATE
The familiar walls of the Dark River Pack felt strangely cold without Marco’s presence when we got back in, though if I was being honest, a tiny, deep sated, twisted part of me was grateful for his absence.
I needed to unravel my trauma.
Needed to let my brain accept that Marco had not been the one to betray me… that Ruthmayer had used his body to get to me.
Because, honestly speaking, every time I closed my eyes, it was that dark handsome face with dreads that haunted me before Ruthmayer and the Dark blob took over.
It had already been two days since my defeat over the darkness that had threatened my family and my happiness, and we still hadn’t found him.
Our search had been truly extensive, to the extent that the Vampire Council, who I had made peace with by the way, had all p
