er'

ying to focus on the papers in front

t ye

ears of searching, of hoping, of praying. Eight years of guilt eating awa

don't want to think about it. I groaned and squeezed my eyes shut

etched with concern. "Any news?" Aiden asked, h

ut I promised to let you kno

eared from the face of the earth. We've employed the best agents, s

running out of options. We've tried everything - social media, priv

his eyes fixed on the floor. "D

e she is. I have to believe she is. But sometimes...som

e can't give up. We owe it to her

ed it up, my heart racing as I saw the name on the screen

ubbing my eyes, my frustr

have been in this line of work for years, and by now we should have had a lead,

growled, my voice low and deadly. "You have no idea what you're d

. "But we've tried everything. We've followed every lead, int

"I don't pay you to think, Agent Thompson.

aking with rage. Aiden and Ax

Aiden said, placing

down when that agent is telling me Willow might be dea

"We'll find her, Ash

uld find her. No matter what it took. No matter how long

w furrowed in thought. "Maybe we're looking in the wron

brow. "What are

o try something new. We can't keep doing the

a new plan, but you never come up with an

r. "That's because you never listen, Asher. You're

d. "What are yo

ied and frustrated, don't let our anger get the better part of us," Axel said trying

llow. It's your fault she's missing. If only we hadn't gone through with yo

ake, it was better she was missing than her being dead. "What was I supposed to do, Ai

t it, Asher. We did care about her. We loved her.

son father was, I can't just sit back down and watch her die, we know that father will definitely kill her; he will do everything he wants to do without a second thought. W

eighteen then and we couldn't do anything, there was no way we wo

er, but she was the daughter of a traitor. I couldn't get close to her. But when we found out she was ours, I was

s leaving her room, his eyes blazing with anger

voice steady. "We were just

He sniffed the air, his expression twisting in

is gaze. "Yes, Father.

. "How could you be with the daugh

rm. "She's our mate, Father

ou'll reject her, now. Or I'll

n my spine. "Father, p

o, Asher. I won't listen. You'll do a

, but he wouldn't listen. H

t take it. "You're one to talk, Aiden. You were right there with me

r. I'm guilty too. But at least I can admit i

. Maybe I was still trying to justify our actions. But

t at the time," I said finally,

Asher. We did what we thoug

was right. We had sacrificed

uth, Aiden gaze was on me waiting for me to talk but I decided to keep qui

e door. "Excuse me, gentlemen," she s

"Can't you see we're in

I didn't mean to interrupt. But this file was re

But as I opened it, my anger turned to shock. "

d in, curious. "What

illow. She owns a start-up company,

ed. "That's her?

is good perfect we finally come to the end of

ue!" He mumbled an

oss my face, for the very first time I was glad she had inte