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His soul is gone.
My mate is dead.
My head drops back, and I roar with grief.
All of the energy that kept me alive up to this point leaves me.
My soul and heart are gone with my mate, my father, my mother, and my sister.
With all the loss I have faced over my life, I finally break.
We have won, but at what cost?
CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
Recently, I carried my father back to my pack for burial. Now, I carry my mate. He’s heavy in my arms, but I refuse to let Lucien or Vale hold him. Instead, they help carry our other dead. We lost fifteen wolves.
Fifteen souls including Jai.
Some were so badly hurt, we had to steal the hunters’ trucks to transport them back. Only four, including us, are left fully standing.
I hold Jai on my lap the entire way home, and when we drive the farthest we can, I walk with him even though I’m nothing but an empty shell.
I keep walking.
One foot.
Left.
Another foot.
Right.
Again.
Left.
Right.
Left.
Right.
I keep going, the rhythm holding me together until we reach pack land. Still, I do not stop. I see wolves run towards us, reaching for their family members, gone or alive, and screams fill the air. The sounds are filled with so much horror and grief, I start to crack again before I push it all down.
Left.
Right.
“Quinn?”
Marie.
A hand reaches for me, but I avoid it.
“He needs to go home,” I mumble.
“Okay, baby girl, it’s okay. Let’s get him home,” the familiar female voice whispers at my side, and something about it makes me want to cry.
