Chapter 65. Guilt

Rex POV

The screams still echoed in my head. Even after everyone had settled down and the injured were being treated, I was stuck in that moment, frozen—while the rest of the world kept moving.

How did I not once consider that Ron could find us? If Aries was able to, without even knowing where we’d disappeared to, then of course Ron could. I’d let my guard down, and now they were paying the price.

What kind of leader am I supposed to be?

It’s not your fault, Ria’s voice sounded in my head. But I could hear the guilt beneath her words.

“God, I’ve been calling you for hours!” Julian’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts as he shook my shoulders. His urgency pulled me back to the chaos.

“We need your help, Rex,” he said, dragging me without waiting for my