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.

after a

kind of smile sadly because we know

question.

Aaron gone, neither of us are okay.

just thinking about the funeral. We’ll

for them

the rest of

Leah,” James says in

have to do that.”

a few more tears escape.

them in annoyance.

seem to do these

me, considering everything I’ve

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

in my 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.”

with a sigh. “But what are we going to do? Fight the whole Council?

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

can tell he feels bad

answer for me.

thoughts are spinning from one thing to the next, another

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

own with this massive problem yet again,

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