Chapter 87

“Aaron, this is a surprise.”

My brother is watching me carefully and looking not very pleased.

“Are you si ck?” Aaron asks. “He reaches for my arm and grabs

my bicep. “You lost weight again.” He stares at my brother

angrily.

“I’m fine!” I say automatically. From the corner of my eye, I see

Adam. He gives a subtle shake of his head. What does that

mean? That he didn’t tell Aaron anything. That / shouldn’t!?!

“Why are you here, Aaron?” I nod at the guards with him. Men of varying ages that I interfaced almost daily at his packhouse. They smile or incline their heads respectfully.

pointedly at my brother before

his attention back to me. “I came for your coronation, Leah. Nothing went to plan the other night, but the formal ceremony to welcome you to

haven’t gotten around to that part yet,” Liam

more than hear it. “She needs to solidify

shift, this is about leadership and vision and preserving the peace. Pack Roberts needs to know how she’s carried this pack financially all these years… they need to know her

me how to run my

not telling you. I’m telling her. This is HER pack.” Aaron looks at me. “You’re the head of this pack now, Leah. You need to assert

It’s good advice.

heard before now.

here for four

and crying and hiding out

my room.

this up, I reckon, and there is no going back or

a ‘new’ first

think what this pack has seen. First, me showing up weak and blo ody. Then me hiding out in this mansion and not making any effort to connect with these

ll, I haven’t even offered condolences, and I know so many of these wolves loved my dad deeply.

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