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.

asks after a few silent moments,

both kind of smile sadly because we

question.

Aaron gone, neither of

was just thinking about the funeral. We’ll

organize for them to return‘ Aaron’s—”

unable to say the rest

Leah,” James

to do

a few more

at them

to do these

me, considering

annoyance at myself giving way to anger toward the Council for the hand

in my tragedy. “The Council can’t get away with this. The only reason they went after Aaron was

wrong.”

know,” James says softly with a sigh. “But what are we going to do? Fight the whole Council? That’ll land us

bitterly. “I just know I can’t stand to

and I can tell he feels

answer for me.

thoughts are spinning from one thing to

me search for the missing Al tech that has the potential to kill thousands if not millions of people

this massive problem yet again, and I

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