The walk to Aelia’s grave was blank. Really, I didn’t know how I worked up the nerve to come here. I’d ignored the need to talk to her, thinking I could, but after the fiasco of the last week getting hounded by the pack at every turn, it overrode my feelings. So, I quietly made the walk down south, telling Sam and Charles I’d be back by dark.Despite Noah, Finn, and Nate being gone, her stone was still clean and free of leaves. Standing in front of it brought so much pain back. The river was fairly high, since the snow had melted for the winter.Letting out a sigh, I squatted down. “You know, I wish…”Stopping myself, I ran my hands through my hair a few times. None of this was going to come out right. My frustration made me laugh. I was an idiot. Somehow, I couldn’t even work up the nerve to talk to Aelia’s grave.“I have five pups.” Smiling, I looked down at the ground in front of the stone. “Five. Thanks to you, apparently. You and, of course, Eros not being able to keep it in our p
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