Chapter 25

LUKE

We buried my father a few days later in a private family ceremony in the woods behind the pack house.

After the funeral, Bobby held a small press conference outside the house.

I told my people that my father passed away and that as me as their official Alpha, I promised to make their home safe.

After, I walk slowly up the stairs. I want to scream and punch things. I want to destroy and dismember, but I also just want to lay in Alexi's arms and cry. I'm not ready to be alone as a son. With my dad being so old, I felt I just didn't get enough time with him. Being a shifter, you take time for granted. Any one of us could still die at any moment.

Now, I'm Alpha. In charge of people's lives. They'll look to me for all the decisions and I just hope I make the right ones.

My wolf wants to bug out. Leave. Run. Only because he's hurt and struggling. Dealing with everything that's happened.

But I can't run. Not now. I need Alexi.

Walk slowly down the hall to Alexi's room and open the door.