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

funeral. We’ll

them to return‘

the rest of the

take care of it, Leah,” James says in a rough voice. “You

have to do that.”

and a few more tears

them in annoyance.

do these days is cry.

me,

isn’t right,” I say to James, some of my annoyance at myself giving way to anger toward the

only reason they went after Aaron was because they

wrong.”

“But what are we going to

just know I can’t stand to watch

nods and I can tell he feels bad about

answer for me.

thing to the next, another thought occurs to me.

tech that has the potential to kill thousands

on my own with this massive problem yet again,

to

him. “I’m going to need your

drops his hand on my knees, squeezing comfortingly.

“Anything you need.”

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