Chapter Forty Five

we trudge through the undergrowth over fallen trees, the crunch of our boots barely audible as we make our way towards the house that holds Aria. I look to my left to where Daarian is and I can see the clench of his jaw from 15ft away he's determined to get her back at all costs consequences be damned.

He looks over to me and nods his head once before continuing on with the rest of the troops from our team, Dad and Hunter are ahead of us slightly taking the lead and directing soldiers to fan out around the house.

We come up to the top of a hill and look down to where the house is nestled at the bottom of the valley, there is nothing around for miles as I take stock of the land. The crisp night air seeps into my lungs cooling the burning inferno inside me as I breathe in through my nose.

We have a team with us the best of the best nothing else would have done not for this, not for Aria she deserves nothing less. I look around at the soldiers wit