- Elena –
Maren reaches out to me through the mind link. The pack is organizing a memorial for Jax.
I’m genuinely relieved—he deserves to be honored.
She continues, his parents were too upset to make any decisions, so I assured them we’d handle everything.
Thank you, Maren. Please send anything my way if you need a decision. Does Ryker know about this?
He’s the one who approved it.
That surprises me. Lately, Ryker’s way of coping has been to ignore anything that hurts, burying himself in prevention and security instead. Like these new guards—he’s so focused on keeping me safe, but they can’t follow me everywhere. If I even mentioned that a witch could open a portal in the bathroom, he’d probably assign guards there too. Some things, I just have to keep to myself.
However, I
