113. Dead Or Alive

ALPHA RAIDEN

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I stared at the cell phone for the longest time, shaking visibly yet doing my best to contain the rage rushing through my veins, poisoning my mind and contaminating my broken soul yet keeping me alive.

That rage was the only thing that had kept me breathing for the past few days and letting it out on Jake who I had tied to a pole in the pack square, was one way to keep myself sane.

Mostly, I was mad at Larisa and Jake.

However, I was mad at myself as well.

Do I always have to be a failure?

Why can’t I do one thing right?

I had commanded my men to stretch out and search the area where the accident happened. I had been searching with them but there was no sign of Aurelia and the kids.

We found no sign of life, except for a few of their belongings scattered around the explosion spot.

This brings me to the struggle that I have been dealing with… The struggle of accepting that they were gone–

“They can’t be gone.” Lex countered with a ferocious whimper.

He somehow