Chapter 91

I spend the hour before the start of the ceremony walking the main pack’s grounds.

There are so many buildings in need of updating and repair. There are resources that we need to invest in order to

structure Pack Roberts for future generations.

A plan begins to take shape.

I might not live long enough to fulfill it but…

My brother meets me at the schoolhouse. It’s a single room building. Seeing it now with the eyes of an adult, I wonder at how small the structure is and how antiquated.

“You’d think we were Amish,” I mumble.

He laughs.

The door is locked but he whips out a set of keys and lets us in. The room is all whi te and there are computers along one wall. Maps on the other, chalkboards and a desk at the front.

“Is Mrs. McHenry still teaching?” I ask.

“She is.”

“How old is she?”

“200?”

“No

on her desk. “I don’t know.

80.”

Front row. Second seat from the right. I touch the desktop. Time presses on relentlessly. I feel a gush of nostalgia for the little girl I

retire,” I say

she likes being of service to her pack and her community.” Liam shrugs. “She’ll be present tonight. Ask her yourself.” He

It’s a warning.

get ready,” I

for him, I walk

of the mansion. It’s tasteful. The strings of a four-piece quartet drift to me. I always liked the sound of a

never get that opportunity.

Aaron’s doing. He has a set of wolves that perform at most

you look at

winks at me.

I accept the flute and then set it back down on

Luca. Just not in the

isn’t good for

and whisper a wish

matter in the scheme of things. But it

pantsuit paired with expensive heels. I

that Aaron sent over, the giant diamond

his presence since it reinforces the ‘peace’ but our marriage

prognosis, I can’t

giving

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