Kade's Pov
Tears burned my eyes, hot and stinging, and I had to blink them away because I couldn't let him see me like this. Couldn't let him see how terrified I was, how much pain I was in. He was so f*****g young. Too young to be connected to the bond like this. Too young to feel the pull of the pack link, to be dragged out into the woods in the middle of the night because his father got himself caught in a trap.
This was my fault. All of it. If I'd been paying attention, if I'd been more careful, this never would have happened. And now my son—my baby boy was out here in the dark, scared and alone, because of me.
Cade stopped a few feet away, his head c****d to the side as he stared at me. His chest was heaving, his small body trembling, and I could see tear tracks on his cheeks. And
