Chapter 73

Her words stay with me, even as I sit down with Hendrick's family later that evening. Jayden and Hendrick argue over the last piece of steak, and Aiden eats it when they aren't watching. I can't concentrate though-can't be present in the moment like I should have been, considering that these moments would be gone within the next few years.

Avianna had said there is no point, and she is right. My fate is sealed. Still, I'm surprised by how easily she accepts it. She and the healers are very much like that-callous to the trouble and pain of life. Is that what I'm going to become like-muted to the small things, because there are far greater problems and situations to deal with?

The thought of sacrificing my life for the next few years to train is a lot. I know that it is needed, especially if I'm going to avenge Ariella. But just how much is I having to give up?

"What did Alpha say?" Aiden's voice cuts through my troubled mind. I look up at him and he gestures at me and Hendrick, "The fi