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

kind of smile sadly because we

question.

of us are okay.

was just thinking about the funeral. We’ll

organize for them

the

James says

have to

and a few more tears escape.

them in annoyance.

do these days is

me, considering everything I’ve

to James, some of my annoyance at myself giving

The only reason they went after Aaron was because they were scared

wrong.”

says softly with a sigh. “But what are we going to do? Fight the whole Council? That’ll land us right where Aaron ended

I can’t

nods and I can tell he feels bad about not

answer for me.

are spinning from one thing to the next, another thought

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

yet again, and I have no idea how to

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