#Chapter 282: I Failed You

The Alpha King gathers his goons and together, which each of them favoring their various wounds, they hobble out the door. The one from upstairs is already lying face down in the grass. He groans. He isn’t dead. They gather each up and pile into the sedan in the driveway. The Alpha King is the last to enter the car. With the car door open, he shouts, “You boys should expect to hear from your mother.” That’s enough of a threat to quiet everyone. The Alpha King closes his door. His car backs out of the driveway and disappears down the street. Neil, Archer, Wyatt, Isaac, Mom, and I watch out from the front stoop. As we all pile back inside the house, with the door shut behind us, Isaac turns to Neil. “Someone better explain to me right this second what this was all about,” he insists. When Neil hesitates to answer, Isaac swivels his gaze at me. I never really had a dad, but Isaac carries the air of disappointed father so well that even I feel ashamed. “Isaac,” Mom starts to say