** Aria’s POV **
I recognise the photo. I have the same one framed from Lucas’ school trip last year, but my version is just Lucas in front of the Ferris wheel.
Parents weren’t supposed to go on the trip, but Sandra had insisted that Sierra accompany Lucas as a volunteer. Thorne had been away on pack business that day, supposedly meeting with an Alpha from one of the northern packs.
The photo of them huddled together with radiant smiles, a perfect family without me, just adds salt to the already raw wound.
Thorne plucks the teddy from my hands, looking at the photo on its body and sighs.
“Darling, I’d just landed when Sierra called to tell me Lucas had gone missing.” He explains. “I went straight there. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want to worry you. Thankfully, I found him quic
