Chapter 261

LEAH

By the time evening rolls around, I’m exhausted.

I’ve divided my time between accepting condolences from pack members who’ve come to see me–at the same time, needing their own comfort because their Alpha is dead and the uncertainty over who will be our new Alpha is terrifying- and looking after Ethan.

It occurs to me that we’re going to have to have a funeral, and that sends me into a mini breakdown, somehow making everything real all over again.

James comes to find me where I’m curled up in the middle of Aaron’s bed, hugging his pillow as if it can somehow bring him

back to me.

“You should eat something, Leah,” he says gently as he sits on the edge of the bed.

“I’m not hungry,” I reply automatically, even though I know he’s right.

“You don’t have to come down,” he tells me with a slight frown.

“I’ll have the chef send something up.”

I nod absently, even though I doubt I’m going to be able to

stomach much food.

“Are you okay?” James asks after a few silent moments, and

we both kind of smile sadly because we know that’s a dumb

question.

neither of

funeral. We’ll have

and organize for them

the rest of the words.

Leah,” James says in

to do

nod, and a few

wipe at them in

seem to do these days

can anyone blame me, considering everything

of my annoyance at myself giving way to anger

only reason they went after Aaron was because they

wrong.”

sigh. “But what are we going to do? Fight the whole Council? That’ll

“I just know I can’t

he feels bad

answer for me.

my thoughts are spinning from one thing to the next, another thought occurs

kill thousands if not millions of people if it ended up in the

this massive problem yet

how to

say, looking up at him. “I’m going

on my

“Anything you need.”

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