*Silas*

I kept shaking my head, growling and panting as though I was in the throes of battle, and perhaps, I was. But my battle was an internal one, a violent attack against myself. How could I have been so blind? How could I have let someone be murdered under my watch?

What kind of leader was I if this could happen while I was head of the guard?

Aaron had tried consoling me, telling me there was no way I could have known. But wasn’t there?

Never ...