Thea smiled through her tears. “You’re kind of the most important person in the world, Ma,” Aldric said. Thea pinched him and rolled her eyes. “I’m going to miss his playfulness,” Derek said. “It’s already weird hugging you, Mom, and not feeling him behind you,” Ryan said. No one spoke after th
“I’m sorry, darling,” Kai whispered. “Then he got up so quickly. I thought maybe he wasn’t really dead. A shadow demon slipped inside him and took over his body, but I didn’t remember that after we got out of the Underworld and away from the shadow demons. When I was trying to make sense of the bro
Eventually, the sun came up. Thea knew she would be expected to deal with things soon—the impending influx of refugees from the east coast, reassessing strategies after going over the footage and what they learned about their enemy, even the pack’s and everyone else’s mourning of Conri’s death and
“I’m sorry, Momma,” they said. “Did we hurt you?” “It’s okay,” Thea said, hunched over, trying to manage the pain. “Just try not to touch the silver part.” “Is it because Daddy died?” Thea nodded. “The silver part was Daddy’s?” Thea nodded. “I’ve never heard her make a sound like that. So muc
“Let’s go outside,” Thea said. “Con would want us to play in the sun while we can.” Lyall, their oldest, shot her a look she ignored. He shifted his gaze to his fathers and mind linked them. “While we can? What’s that about? Has she really lost hope?” Alaric sighed, and Kai inclined his head, mot
“Mmm.” She raised her palm an inch above the grass and drew a few Earthworms up from the soil with her magic. “We're happy, Ma. What are you worried about?” Theodore said. “We’re going to shift in a few weeks, and we’ll finally be able to use everything you’ve been teaching us,” Roderic said. “We’
“Is she in denial?” Jude whispered to his fathers. “Of what?” Kai said. “Of the danger we’re facing? She saw Lilith and her army, and now she wants to pretend like they don’t exist? Or is it because of the grief of losing Dad?” “I don’t know, Jude,” Alaric whispered. “I think it’s complicated. I
“Thank you, Liam,” Alaric said. “We’ll keep you updated.” “Alphas, what do you want to do about coordinating refugees from the east?” Liam said. “Let’s keep that off her plate,” Kai said. “Let’s plan on keeping everything off her plate.” Lyall stepped up. “We know the routine. We can pick up the