Chapter Four Hundred and Sixty

Lilith's POV

I'm completely and utterly lost, going back and forth in and out of memories as my emotions fray from every direction.

And the more I lose control of my emotions, the worse the tumbling becomes.

I gasp as I surface into another memory, stepping out into the pack house.

It's that day that Theo and Khai had gone to visit Dane, the day they left and I was so nervous...

I hadn't wanted them to leave earlier this morning but they claimed they had to, alpha business and all that.

So here I am stuck with Tabitha in the house as the heavens have opened.

We had hoped to take the kids out in the sun, to perhaps walk with them in their carriers until they fell asleep.

But instead we are sitting at the kitchen table, words haven't flowed very easily and I feel as if there's a wedge between us that wasn't there before my latest heat.

"Thank you for caring for Lora back then," I say. Hoping this might trip her out of her quietness.

"No problem," she trails off. Her words unfinished,