Chapter 261

LEAH

By the time evening rolls around, I’m exhausted.

I’ve divided my time between accepting condolences from pack members who’ve come to see me–at the same time, needing their own comfort because their Alpha is dead and the uncertainty over who will be our new Alpha is terrifying- and looking after Ethan.

It occurs to me that we’re going to have to have a funeral, and that sends me into a mini breakdown, somehow making everything real all over again.

James comes to find me where I’m curled up in the middle of Aaron’s bed, hugging his pillow as if it can somehow bring him

back to me.

“You should eat something, Leah,” he says gently as he sits on the edge of the bed.

“I’m not hungry,” I reply automatically, even though I know he’s right.

“You don’t have to come down,” he tells me with a slight frown.

“I’ll have the chef send something up.”

I nod absently, even though I doubt I’m going to be able to

stomach much food.

after

kind of smile sadly because

question.

Aaron gone, neither of

the funeral. We’ll have to

them to

unable to say the rest of

James says in

have to do

and a few

at them in annoyance.

seem to do these days is

me, considering everything I’ve lost?

say to James, some of my annoyance at

“The Council can’t get away with this. The only reason they went after Aaron was because they were scared of his Alpha powers. He

wrong.”

going to do? Fight the whole Council? That’ll land us right where Aaron

I can’t stand

I can tell he feels bad about not having an

answer for me.

thing to the

kill thousands if not millions of

again, and I have

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