My father had to drag me away from Marlene as she slept soundly in the bed we had shared together.
If he had shown up alone, I would have killed him, and he must have known that because he had two other Pack members with him. In retrospect, I realized he had chosen people who would have been willing to kill Marlene without questioning the situation, and that he had intended to kill her in front of me if I tried to fight him.
I wanted one last moment with her - to say goodbye to her, and tell her that I loved her, and to explain that I hadn't just abandoned her and the baby - but they had shown up while we were asleep, and they didn't give me a chance to wake her.
I hadn't even been able to put any clothes on before they bound my wrists and forced me out of the room so they could shove
