Chapter 109

When I open my eyes, Aaron is carrying me.

He shoulders open the door to his room and puts me down on

the bed.

I’m still mostly asleep so when he slides off my shoes and unbuttons my pants, I’m slow to react. When he draws them down, the letters from my dad spill onto the mattress.

“Were you carrying those the whole time?”

I’m wide awake now. “Yes. It’s partly why I was sweating so

much with the Council members.”

“Have you read them?” Aaron asks.

“Not yet.”

“I’ll leave you to it then,” he says

I wasn’t expecting that. I thought I’d have to demand some

privacy.

“Thanks.”

nods and closes the door behind him.

and smell like

behind me. Then I cross my

Dear Leah,

still not sure I made the

and part

skin me

don’t see another alternative. We’re

kil ling a great number of Rathborn pack

on a dare, thinking I’d

thought of it ki

more packmates will di

how hard this decision

I pray

you do a better job of it

than me.

If you remember nothing else, remember that. And please, try to

forgive me.

hands shake and I

handle ten more

a deep breath and

Aaron in his

tilts

out of the way, and it’s all the

invitation he needs.

into the room and up on the bed. He curls up right next to me, dropping his head in

therapy dog that’s a couple hundred pounds and with

soft fur. “Thanks

doesn’t say anything. Just nuzzles

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