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

both kind of smile sadly because we know that’s

question.

Aaron gone, neither of us are

just thinking about the funeral. We’ll have

them to return‘

swallow, unable to say the rest of the words.

it, Leah,” James says in a rough voice. “You

have to do that.”

and a few

at them in

seem to do

anyone blame me, considering

annoyance at

tragedy. “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 didn’t even do anything

wrong.”

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

I can’t

and I can tell he feels bad about not having

answer for me.

are spinning from one thing to

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

yet again, and I have no idea how to solve it.

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