Chapter 116. Loyal

“It’s not the same size as the packhouse by a long shot, it’s a homestead, but it has some land. It’s isolated from humans, surrounded by forests, and for now, we’re managing to defend it pretty well. I’m more focused on keeping my people safe and giving them a place to rebuild before I go chasing vampires and starting fights like my father seems to be doing. It’s all he cares about, and now knowing what you showed me… it makes perfect fucking sense. The war was his glory days; he was a commander with an army who jumped to his orders, lording over a united race. I wouldn’t put it past him to somehow deliver a means to the vampires to rile it up again.” The anger simmers in his tone, and it’s evident that Colton has been going through it as I have.

“Do you think we were meant to die in the orphanage attack? Was it him?” I touch on the memory Colton would have seen of Doc and me theorizing this exact question, but Colton shakes his head and glances my way with complete cynicism.