#87 The Pet

Dane's POV

I heard footsteps and when I watched my spy, my pet, my nameless beast, walk over to me this early in the morning, I knew he had bad news. I was in the middle of my routine, pushing through the usual morning reps when he walked into my training room wearing his familiar attire - the cloaked jacket and a mask. But I could tell he was anxious, as if the news couldn't wait.

"Is there a problem?" I asked nonchalantly, wiping sweat from my brow.

“The Blackmoon beta kidnapped Kathy while she was heading to the training grounds this morning.”

I froze mid-lift. My hand slipped from the weight, and for a moment, the air around me seemed to thicken. I wanted to snap his neck for telling me that, to throttle the life out of him for not trying to stop Tyler and let him take my daughter. But it wasn’t his fault. He was just a puppet, a mindless pet who never deviated from what was asked of him. He was asked never to go in front of Kathy no matter what. And he was followin