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How was I going to get him back?

Could I get him back?

An overwhelming feeling of loneliness overtook me, like a part of my soul had been ripped out.

I was too numb to pay attention as Walker shouted at the daycare staff. His voice was livid, the kind of anger you could feel in your bones. Were I not numb and dissociating, I probably would have been terrified by that voice.

Realistically, I knew that Gregory wouldn't hurt Luka. He needed him. Our son was the key to a larger inheritance and continuing his family line.

That didn't mean he was going to take good care of him, though. Gregory's version of love involved drugging me and taking away my birth control.

Warm arms wrapped around me. Instead of the sweet marshmallow scent I expected from Walker, a chocolaty aroma reached my nose.

Blaze.

When had he gotten here?

Blinking, I looked around the room.

The space was now full of several people, including police officers and all my pack mates.

“Sunshine,” Blaze whispered brokenly as I collapsed in his arms, the tears finally coming and refusing to stop.

As he grabbed me and pulled me into his chest, I clung to him, unable to form words. I could only sob as my world crumbled around me.

Chapter 46

Walker

Ihad failed.

How could I have let this happen?

My omega was a mess, which was understandable, because the monster from her past had her son.

Rune dragged me to the side, away from the police officers and nursery staff.

“What the fuck?” I growled, attempting to yank my arm away. Unfortunately for me, my pack mate was strong.

“You need to calm down right now,” Rune said in a low voice.

“How the fuck can you expect me to be calm?” I growled.

“Trust me, this is tearing me up inside, but Sunny is falling apart, and we need to keep our shit together and get our son back!”

A growl escaped my chest as I looked around the room, my eyes landing on my omega, who was sobbing in Blaze’s arms. It was such a pained sound, it made my alpha lose his ever-loving mind.

Taking a deep breath, I ran a hand over my face. Rune was right. I needed to keep it together, for my pack. Staying calm and collected would get us through this.

“Now, we need to go talk to the officer that just arrived,” Rune told me.

I nodded, taking another deep breath. Even from across the room, the scent of Sunny’s despair was cloying.

“Hi, I’m Walker, head of Pack Landry,” I introduced myself, holding out a hand. “Luka’s father. According to the facility’s CCTV footage, Gregory Frankbert is the one who took our son.”

The officer shook my hand, a grim look on his face.

I could hear Sunny sniffling behind me as Blaze held her. She wore a vacant expression of shock similar to my own.

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