As Anders finishes his speech, his voice breaking, he stands to light the pyre holding my physical body. | walk to Clint, putting my


    hand on his shoulder, Andra walks beside his wheelchair and leans against him. both of us lending him what strength we can.


    As the fire burns, everyone begins to move toward the packhouse. They will have a celebration of my life. That is what we do in


    our pack, we celebrate the life of the ones we''ve lost. As | look down, | can see that Clint will not be celebrating today. He stays,


    watching my body burn, long after everyone else has gone.


    Calistaes to take Cara and tries to get Clint toe too, but he just shakes his head. | stay with Clint. “You can do this, my


    love. You''re so strong, | know you can do this.” | say to him, knowing he can’t


    hear me.


    As we stand here, Alpha Christopheres to stand beside Clint. “I know what you’re feeling. And | know you want nothing


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    “How?” Clint whispers, his voice sounding rough and raw.


    “Everyday when you wake up, you get out of bed. Then you shower. Then you get your daughter up, make sure she’s fed and


    get her off to school. Then you do it again in reverse in the evening when shees home. Eventually, you don’t have to fight to


    do each step, you just start going through the motions. And then you start filling in the time when she’s gone. At least, that’s what


    | did. You''ll never get over it, never


    get over her, but it does get easier with time.”


    As the two of them stand together, watching the pyre burn. | turn to find my daughter. When | do, | see her sitting in a chair.


    Someone, probably Calista has brought her some food, but she’s not eating. When no one is looking, she ducks away and


    climbs the stairs to our room. The room has been re-arranged. The bed is gone and so are most of our belongings. I’m guessing


    they had to move Clint to the first floor


    since he couldn’t get upstairs any longer.


    | watch as she pulls a nket from the closet and wraps it around herself. It’s the nket that | had her wrapped in when | took


    her to the safe room. She takes a deep breath, sniffing my scent on the nket


    as tears slide down her cheeks.


    Behind me. | hear a noise and turn to see Liam. He doesn’t say anything, he just goes and sits beside Lily, wrapping his arm


    around her and holding her while she cries.


    When she finally pulls away, she looks up at him. “I’m sorry, Alpha. | shouldn’t be crying on you like this.”


    “How about, we make this our little secret? | won''t tell, if you won’t tell. Okay?”


    My heart clenches as | hear my words to Liam all those years ago repeated to my daughter.


    She nods, leaning against him as the tears start again. “My mommy is dead.”


    “| know. She was my friend. I’m going to miss her.” He rocks her back and forth as she cries.


    “You know, | lost my mom when | was about your age.” He tells her.


    She looks up at him, her emerald eyes shining through her tears. “You did?”


    “| did. And you know what helped me?”


    She shakes her head at him.


    “Your mom. She gave me her number and told me to call her anytime | needed to talk. And you know


    what? She always answered when | called.”


    “| don’t have anyone to call.” My sweet girl says tearfully.


    “Sure you do. You have me. I''ll be your friend and any time you need to talk, no matter what time it is, you call me, and I''ll


    answer. Even if you just need to cry or tell me about your day. Whatever it is, I''ll always


    be here for you Cara.”


    | watch as he gets up and finds a pen and paper, writing his number down for Cara. “You have a phone.


    right?”


    “Yes, there is one in our room.”


    “Okay, then anytime, Cara. | mean it. And, if you need to get out, Cyran can take you for a run. He’d be happy to carry you or run


    with you, if you ever want to go.”


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