Chapter 72

“Good riddance,” Marla says.

I glance at her sharply but she doesn’t notice. She’s busy sh ooting daggers at Aaron’s back with her mascara-caked eyes.

I take a deep breath.

I’m not being nice.

I look around the hall at the other wolves that are hanging around. A couple of older males look vaguely familiar and there are two younger guys who are conversing with

my brother.

No one approaches me. There are no welcomes.

Everyone is still grieving, I remind myself. But that doesn’t make this ‘homecoming’ feel any less like ‘home’.

clean out my room or to assemble the pack, but

I don’t know what to do with myself or

start.

He pulls me into a hug. “I still can’t believe

this hug. I needed

are so crystal clear-they were the only thing that kept me going in those

tells me.

Aaron felt, being ‘dismissed’?

is in the right place. I’m a mess right now

for a few hours. We can figure

carefully, as I’m sure I’m ruffling a lot of

“Yeah. Sure. Okay.”

Marla grins.

as I walk

to my room. I hit the kitchen first. There

are still on the stove. Di rty bowls are left on the counter. It isn’t a disaster,

and leftovers that look too old. Aside from the carton

up to the main landing. From here, I can go up two or three flights. I can turn left or right. On a lark I

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