Aria’s POV
“My life has been wonderful enough,” Caleb continued. “I was honored to give everything for the security and fortune of my pack, but I am an old man. I’m done fighting now. This body is giving up on me and I want to listen to and respect what it’s saying.”
“I understand,” I told him, and he offered me a small, warm smile.
“I don’t,” Montgomery said. Coming closer, he took his father’s hand. “Dad –”
“Montgomery, it is past time I go to the embrace of the goddess,” Caleb told his son. “I’d like to see your mother again.”
Tears started to well in Montgomery’s eyes. I had thought he only wanted to extend his father’s life for his own financial gain. Looking at him now, he seemed like a small child, frightened and unsure.
“It’s going to be okay,” Caleb said. “This is what I wan
