Chapter Seventy Five

CHRIS

Days had passed and Lucy was nowhere to be found. Glen had combed all of the neighboring pack in search of her but she wasn’t there. Where could she have disappeared to?

Cade on the other hand wasn’t helpful. He refused to say a word despite all attempts to make him speak. An unsettling cloud of uncertainty shrouded me. The elders were on my neck, they demanded proof to clear Lucy’s father’s name like I said I would, a task easier said than done.

My visit to the dungeon was fruitless, it was a tormenting routine. I sought the truth from him, interrogating him with a zeal fueled by desperation. Yet, he remained adamant and refused to say a word to me.

“He wouldn’t speak because you are too lenient with him,” Glen insisted. “A little bit of torture and he’ll be spilling the truth of his evil deeds.”

Glen was right, he had a valid point. I was too calm with the man who had ruined my family, the man who killed my father out of greed. I assembled a few of my guards to the dungeon to