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.

James asks after a few silent moments, and

both kind of smile sadly because we know that’s a dumb

question.

neither of us

thinking about the funeral. We’ll have

organize for them to return‘

to say the rest of the

it, Leah,” James says in a rough

have to

a few more tears

at them in

do

blame me, considering

at myself

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

wrong.”

“But what are we going to do? Fight the whole

bitterly. “I just know I

nods and I can tell he

answer for me.

one thing to the next, another thought occurs to

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

on my own with this massive problem yet again, and I have

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