Chapter 93 Valen POV 

My heart broke for Everly, Zoe, and Macey as they told Emily it was okay to go, that she didn’t have to hold on any longer. Moments passed, and hushed whispers were all that could be heard as they tried to soothe their friend when she gasped one last time. I held my breath, waiting to see if it was a false alarm yet, and praying it wasn’t. She shouldn’t suffer anymore, n o one deserves to suffer this fate. When Everly dropped her head on Ben’s shoulder and sobbed, I felt Emily’s pack link sever.

My heart panged with pain, if only briefly, yet the pain, anguish, and despair that flooded Everly through the bond as she mourned her family broke my heart further. Marcus hugged Zoe close as she fell apart. Macey just stared vacantly ahead, sitting back down in her chair.

The doctor checked her and nodded, calling time of death before saying he would leave to let them say their goodbyes. The girls tuck them in like they were saying goodnight and not goodbye, and the doctor comes back and tells Everly what would happen next. “Come on,” Marcus whispers to Zoe, pulling her from the room, and Macey quickly follows, closing the door behind them.

and cleans her face with some water

picking herself up and dusting herself off, ready for battle again. I hated that she instinctively switched and shut down, a coping mechanism from years of taking on everything and everyone else’s problems and emotions while ignoring her own. She had me, but Everly forced to be independent, endure, and never rely on anyone instinctively recoiled inside herself. She would deal, conquer then when alone break. But for now, she hadt o put on a front to do what needed to be done. It made me realize what

The amount of impact she had with rogues and how much they looked up to her did not hit me until I stepped out the doors after her. Rogues

it represented. Everly, Zoe, and Macey were never rogue. The three of them brought

Emily and Ben. A family built on love and respect. Everly grips my hand as I step beside her. And I give it a squeeze. “You don’t have to be strong, you know,” I whisper. “Yeah, I

waited by the exit doors, and Everly let me go. She walked toward them, they wrapped their arms around her waist. The rogues looked up to the girls, and Macey, despite being older and Zoe younger, both looked to Everly. She was the chief of the village they built. She was their armor, and she wore it proudly. Ava stood outside the doors, looking lost as her sister stepped out

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