I felt a cold knot in my stomach. Hearing it from my Pa made it real. Liam was right.
"When did all of this begin?" I asked quickly. "I need to know the timeline."
Ma looked up. "It happened about two months after you left," she said.
Two months.
My mind raced. That timing was in line with everything because I started to notice the differences with him 2 months after I left.
"And," Ma added, "that was the exact same week Annabelle came to live in the pack for the first time."
I slammed my hand on the table. "I knew it!"
It all made sense now. The pieces of the puzzle were coming together. Annabelle arrived, and Astor turned into a ghost. Annabelle arrived, and suddenly everyone was obsessed with her.
"Whatever is happening," I said, my voice shaking with anger, "she is involved. An
