Chapter 44. Love Her

The sun hasn’t fully revealed itself today, but I couldn’t sleep. Tomorrow night is the night that everything will be solved, one way or another. I know I went along with this plan, but the plan is shit. It’s shit because my mate is risking her life. I want her to go somewhere safe and let us handle this, but she’d rather put herself in the crossfire, and I hate that.

I hear grunting in the distance, and there are spurts of a strong blue light every so often. I know Nikki is training hard, and I’m in awe of her. I don’t agree with that plan either, but Nikki is so sure this is what she should do. She’s also risking her life by going up against Imogene, and that’s crazy. Sometimes, I get flashes of memories from when Imogene had her hold on us here. It terrifies me every time, and I never want to experience it again.

I step out onto the deck and breathe in the fresh morning air. “You’re up early or up late.” I turn to my right to see my father sitting i