Chapter 25: A Flower Plucked at Midnight
**John**
I never thought it would be possible to feel this kind of pain, but here it is, sharper than a dagger in the spine. I know the second she lays with him just as the sun begins its ascent. I know that they are together, and there is nothing I can do about it.
My plan to win her isn’t full-proof. I know that, but I have to try. Them together now means that the second part of my plan is about to take place. If I can get her to see my way of things, Jake may change his mind. He would never want to hurt her, especially now.
I shrug on my coat and head out the door of my office, the shabby walls around me slowly turning from a rusty brown to a dull black as I enter the main room in the House. Terron sits on one of the couches, conversing with a young pack member.
He turns to me as I walk into the room and nods his head. “Lord Brackon. Where are you headed?”