Chapter 17

CIARA

Coming back to the packhouse to find Bryan gone left a sour taste in my mouth. I had just stalked off to bed and stayed up all night thinking about why he had left so suddenly without saying goodbye.

Granted, he owed me nothing and if he didn’t want to explain he didn’t have to after all I was just his future sister-in-law, a title that was a probability as long as Sophie could be found. If it were up to Orion and his family, I would be the last candidate for the role.

After the weird encounter I had with the tarot lady and the readings she gave, I found myself needing a distraction and if possible, someone to tell but when I didn’t find him, I resigned to fate and went to bed.

Opening my eyes this morning, I realized it’s been two weeks since he left not that I was counting or anything. I missed him every day and no matter how much I tried to distract myself with my strolls around the pack or my time in the kitchen and even with training, it just didn’