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 us are okay.

thinking about the funeral. We’ll have to

them to return‘ Aaron’s—”

unable to say the rest of

of it, Leah,” James says

to do

a few more tears escape.

them in

to do

anyone blame me,

at myself giving way to anger toward the Council for the

can’t get away with this. The only reason they went after Aaron was because they were

wrong.”

with a sigh. “But what are we going to

I mutter bitterly. “I just know I can’t stand to watch them get away with

tell he feels

answer for me.

spinning from one thing to the next, another thought occurs to

me search for the missing Al tech that has the potential to kill thousands if not millions of people if it ended up in the wrong

my own with this massive problem yet

to

I say, looking up at him. “I’m going to need your

on my knees, squeezing

“Anything you need.”

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