Chapter 151

JAMES

“SONOFABITCH!!!”

Aaron is convulsing.

His arms and legs are flailing and for a 6’4″ beast of man, he can do a lot of damage. Our men can handle it.

His wife…

Gods.

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Leah’s eyes are open and unseeing. Aaron has her hand clasped in his and I wonder if they walk the same space or if that peace beyond life is as simple as one breath to the next.

Nothing to mourn or hope for.

Just silence and darkness.

One thing’s for sure… if he follows her, it’ll cause chaos.

“Get your ass back here, bro,” I growl, and because I’m so pi ssed that he could be so f**king reckless, I slap his face to try and anger him back to his senses.

It do

Our men are anxious and gaping at me. They’ve never lost an Alpha. Not in battle and not even in succession. Aaron’s grandfather transferred the role to him at an early age. Pack Rathborn has been beneath Aaron’s control for two decades.

There are police sirens outside and that’s going to be a mess to deal with.

“Get them up and out the back.”

There are boats outside and while that might cause a whole shitstorm of trouble-the whole evading police and fleeing a crime scene variety of charges-we can’t stick around and wait for my Alpha to do…whatever it is he’s trying to do.

I think back long and hard on every text of our Archives I’ve

ever read.

Wolves have been transitioned. Wolves have been ‘saved’ by a mating bond.

But no wolf in existence has been mated to a dead human

and survived it.

very act that Aaron has

at the consequences.

the men pulls

lights

out,” I order. Then I

back of the warehouse and wait for the flames

back

building

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6 Months later

cool. It carries the scent of winter.

that doesn’t make

barely begun.

the background. Classical music, Für Elise by

Beethoven.

up

body feels awkward. My muscles ache with an odd discomfort that doesn’t hurt, per say,

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to walking. My head

stumble and when I stand I almost fall back

I get moving, one foot

partly open, letting in the cold-and snow. The flakes scatter on the carpet before

feet are bare and the contrast of cold

French doors and step out. The sun is

wind and snow b low. His back is to

know those

slowly, sensing my presence. “It’s about time

toward

hair is unbound. It’s long. Like really long. I’m draped in some full length nightgown that

touches my face and

brief as one of those snowflakes. Kissing

melting into the air.

walks past me

“A-aron?”

to clear

bedroom. I’m in his house. I try

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