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Chapter 22: Sadness follows like a shadow behind me
Sage
It’s a miserable rainy day. Completely appropriate to the sadness we are all experiencing from our loss. We’re all standing beside Hunter’s grave as his casket is lowered into the ground.
Maleah clings to her mother’s arm, tears streaming down her face as silent sobs wrack her chest. I close my eyes as the rain pelts down around my umbrella, then open them and gaze around the rest of the crowd. Aidan stands across from me, his mouth tight as he gazes down at the casket with grim concentration.
Stryker, Connor, Gideon, Declan, and Micah are standing beside him, wearing equally stoic expressions.
Behind them are Dragon, Heathen, and Phantom. They look like a large wall of masculine perfection.
The ladies and I decided to give them their space as they mourned one of their own. Ivy is the only one absent since she had some family problems to take care of. But she did contact us and expressed her deepest sympathies.
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