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’.

to assemble the

don’t know what to do with myself or where to

start.

pulls me into

up this hug. I needed

And my memories of this place are so crystal clear-they were the only thing that kept me going in those early years-that I think seeing

tired,” he tells me.

Aaron felt, being

in the right place. I’m a mess right

a few hours.

I’m ruffling a lot of feathers and most people, no matter how supportive, always struggle with ‘change’ at

“Yeah. Sure. Okay.”

Marla grins.

as I walk off.

go back to my room. I hit the kitchen first. There was a

bacon and eggs are still on the stove. Di rty bowls are left on the counter. It isn’t a disaster, but there isn’t a spread of food laid out or the team of wolves that would be up and making breakfast for the pack by this time of morning.

refrigerator. There are a bu nch of takeout containers and leftovers that look too old. Aside from

I take the back stairs up to the main landing. From here, I can go up two or three

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