Alaric’s POV:

I couldn’t get here fast enough. They had taken her to a completely remote area that took some time to find even though we had the location pinned.

The initial plan was for me to arrive first with the money, and distract Tyler Cross. But the motherfucker was dead, supposedly shot by Juniper.

I did not ever want to recall those few seconds when I thought Meadow was the one who had been shot.

The scariest fucking moment of my life.

I couldn’t lose her. Couldn’t live ...