*Gabe*

My concern with finding my mate was warring with the anger I felt for those who had driven her away. The source of the rumor was still a mystery to me, but I was able to track down the person responsible for striking her–Aiden Barlow, a sixteen-year-old student. Val had asked me to take it easy on the boy.

His father had made no such request. When he’d opened the door and found me standing there, a look of resignation had passed over his face. ...