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.

you okay?” James asks after a few

smile sadly because we know that’s a dumb

question.

of us are okay.

thinking about the funeral. We’ll

them to return‘

the rest of

Leah,” James says in a rough

have to

nod, and a few more tears escape.

them in annoyance.

do these

me, considering everything I’ve lost?

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

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

wrong.”

“But what are we going to do? Fight the whole Council? That’ll

don’t know,” I mutter bitterly. “I just know I can’t stand to watch them get

tell he feels bad about not

answer for me.

are spinning from one thing to the next, another

Al tech that has the potential to kill thousands if not millions of people if

this massive problem yet again, and I have

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