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.

okay?” James asks after a few

smile sadly because

question.

neither of us are okay.

funeral. We’ll have to contact the

organize for them

unable to say the rest of

Leah,” James says in a

have to do that.”

a few more tears

wipe at them in annoyance.

I seem to do these days

blame me, considering everything

James, some of my annoyance at myself giving way to anger toward the Council for

Council can’t get away with this. The only reason they went after Aaron

wrong.”

to do? Fight the whole

bitterly. “I just know I can’t stand to watch them get away

can tell he feels

answer for me.

as my thoughts are spinning from one thing to the next, another thought occurs to

that has the potential to kill thousands if not millions of people if it ended up

problem yet again, and I have no idea how

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