Chapter Twenty
“I beg you, Richard, please don’t go.”
Richard placed his palms on either side of his brother’s face and leaned in to kiss him. “I love you, Brother, and I know you haven’t fully recovered from losing me. So I’ll forgive you for making such a selfish request.”
Christian jerked away from him, pushing Richard back. “Of course, it’s a selfish request! I thought you were dead!”
“I was dead,” Richard reminded him. “But I’m back, and my son is in trouble. I have to try to save him. Surely you understand that, don’t you?”
They stood in Christian’s kitchen, still reeling from the surprise attack of the wolves. The wolves had done a lot of structural damage to the house, destroyed much of the landscaping and had possibly frightened some neighbors. B
