Hunt
Now that I’m awake, Lily asleep in the dark beside me, my mind starts to whir. I wonder if Arietta is sleeping, if she has ever felt loved or protected. I think about Lily, and becoming a Lycan, and changing the future. I imagine my father’s face, when I finally make him pay for everything he’s done to me and mine.
I’m hungry, pissed off, but I don’t want to disturb Lily after everything she’s been through. Careful not to wake her, I grope around on the floor for my pants. I cross through the living room, the fireplace the only source of light. The clock on the mantle tells me it’s just after three in the morning. Base and I are often up at this time, so I’m not exactly surprised.
Sure enough, when I open the door into the hall, he’s coming out of his room across the way. We’re mir
