“It’s been a day,” Alek said. “We’ve avoided it long enough.”
“Maybe we had a reason,” Aaron muttered.
More than one indeed
I stayed quiet, glancing between my brothers. As much as I hated the idea, Alek was right. We couldn’t keep avoiding it.
“Fine,” I said eventually, crossing my arms. “Let’s get it over with.”
Aaron muttered something under his breath but didn’t argue further.
The drive to the pack hospital was silent, tension hanging heavy in the air. None of us wanted to admit how much we dreaded seeing him. Our relationship with our father had been rocky at best, and now that he was comatose and powerless, it felt like all the anger and resentment had nowhere to go.
When we arrived, the sterile scent of the hospital hit me like a brick wall. It was a smell I’d alw
