Drew “I don’t know how much more of this I can take,” I admit, my voice a tightrope of emotion. It’s been a long fuckin.g day, and now I have to sit through my mate’s recount of what happened to her. I wasn’t expecting Emery to return from the infirmary asking to speak with me and Thane alone. I led my mate and Thane to the living room. I wanted Emery to be comfortable. When she told me she was ready to tell me what happened, my stomach turned over. I’m not sure if I’m ready to hear it, but I must if I am to help Emery and those women still in need of rescuing. Emery looks at me, her eyes filled with sorrow, and I feel like a dic.k for speaking out loud enough for her to hear. “I know this won’t be easy, Drew,” Thane speaks from his seat across from me. “But you have to listen to what