Chapter 6 Blake staggered through the empty Pack House , flinging open doors with increasing desperation . The master bedroom - Lena's scent still lingered on the pillows , but her side of the closet stood barren . The guest room . The study . The walk - in wardrobe . Finally , he reached the nursery . The moment he crossed the threshold , his knees gave out . Oh gods . Oh gods , it's real . Now he understood the look in Lena's eyes last night - that bottomless grief , that hatred . And this morning ... that tattered teddy bear in her arms ... He had finally recalled that it was their daughters ' favorite toy . All the memories were flooding through his mind . And what had he said ? " What trash are you carrying around ? Toss it out before it stinks up the house . " A strangled sound tore from his throat . His lungs burned as if filled with acid . Suddenly , a memory surfaced- The twins ' fifth birthday . Miles had forced him to take them to the amusement park . Little Nancy , peering up at him with those wide, hopeful eyes : " Daddy ... you're not working today ? I'm so happy ! Thank you for celebrating with us !" And Kate , slipping her tiny hand into his : " Mommy was right . You are the best daddy in the world . " Blake collapsed face - first onto the nursery floor , gasping like a drowning man . They'd been so sweet . So'loving . Yet on the day he'd shoved them into that van bound for The Obedience Den , he'd snarled : " Disrespectful brats ! Is this how your mother teaches you to treat guests ? No wonder you're as worthless as she is ! " Hot tears splattered across the hardwood . Then a glint of something under the crib . Blake crawled forward , his trembling fingers closing around a faded photograph . Lena and the twins , beaming under a cherry blossom tree . And beside them .... A crudely drawn stick figure labeled " DADDY " in wobbly crayon . A sob ripped through him . This was all she'd left for him . Nothing else She wants me to suffer . Cragras & Dreame - Read Romance Stories Book Title My Mats and Brother Betrayal 44 * FREE Installed Open 13.51 % Fumbling for his phone , he dialed Lena's number again and again . But only the automated voice answered : " The subscriber you dialed is unavailable- " Each repetition carved deeper into his soul . For the first time , Blake realized : Lena had always been there . Twenty - one years . Since they were eight years old . No matter how cruelly he treated her , no matter how many times he walked away- She'd stayed . Waiting . Hoping . Taking care of their precious pups . Telling them their father was the best daddy in the world and he was just too busy at work so he couldn't play with them that often . Until he'd destroyed the last reason she had to endure him . Now ? Now she'd vanished without a trace . Miles's mansion loomed ahead . Blake barely parked before sprinting to the door . Inside , Sierra and Miles sat hunched over the twins ' pup photos , their tears staining the gilded frames . Sierra whirled on him , eyes blazing . " You're banned from here ! Get out ! " Blake ignored her . He dropped to his knees before Miles , his voice raw . " Grandpa ... please . Tell me where Lena is . " The old Alpha didn't even look up . " Why ? So you can hurt her more ? " Blake pressed his forehead to the floor , his shoulders shaking . " I'll beg . I'll grovel . I'll cut out my own heart if she asks . Just ... let me see her one last time . " Miles finally met his gaze - and what Blake saw there shattered him completely , Pity " It's too late , boy . She doesn't want you anymore . " A broken whisper : " Where is she ? " Sierra answered instead , her voice hollow . " Gone . She has left at dawn with everything related to Nancy and Kate . " " She has made up her mind to go somewhere you'll never know . She deserves some peace , please . After everything you have put her through , Blake , let her go with the girls . That's all she's got left in the whole world . " Blake's blood turned to ice . Memories of the years spent with Lena flooded his mind , and he could hardly believe that she had truly left him so resolutely . He felt his heart pounding painfully within his chest , realizing that the anguish of regret could cut deeper than any blade . Chapter 6 D Dreame - Read Romance Stories 44 * FREE Installed Open Book Fitte My Mate and Brother's Betrayal 13.51 % Sierra's next words drove the knife deeper : " She left you a message . " She slid a single sheet of paper across the table . Five words , written in a hand steadier than stone : " Don't come and find me . " L BALOVARE