Jax's pov
Elder Thomas was quiet for a long moment and I watched as he seemed to age right before our eyes. His shoulders slumped and he closed his eyes like he had been carrying a heavy burden for years and was finally being forced to set it down.
"Who told you?" he asked quietly.
"Marcus," Cain said. "He's in our cells right now and he claims that our father killed the Walshes because they knew too much about werewolves and Sarah's true nature."
Elder Thomas opened his eyes and looked at each of us in turn. "I was hoping you would never have to know about this. Your father made me promise to take the truth to my grave."
My stomach dropped because that was as good as a confirmation that what Marcus had said was true. Our father really had killed Sarah's adoptive parents.
"Tell us e
