CONNOR
I was this close to murdering my Beta. Too bad he was also my wife’s brother and my son’s favorite uncle – which meant that his murder might have put my family against me.
“You don’t have to do this if you don’t feel like it,” I told Lily for what probably was the hundredth time in three minutes.
She shook her head. “I must,” she simply said. “It's Ev’s protection we’re talking about. We must do everything we can”.
I sighed, already worried about the effects that involving her in the investigation might have on her mental health: Grant was right —recovery was just like a roller coaster ride. Lily had been doing pretty well in the first few weeks; then, the night at my parents' house had destroyed her, and Ev's health scare had somehow made all of her anger and resentment evap
