PART 1
Rhey watched silently as they wrapped his body in the traditional sepulcher attire. Tears she couldn't seem to hold back kept flowing, blocking her damn nose and vision. She bawled and sniffed and hiccuped but the sadness within didn't come close to lessening. It was all happening so fast and she wasn't yet ready to say goodbye. She caressed her belly sighing in grief. It felt like he was taking a piece of her with him. Nora, Gerald, and the retired Alpha were arranging the pyres.
She turned to look at the triplets who were standing beside her quietly in Julian's hold. Their grim faces said it all. They had been looking forward to his arrival and the disappointment was heavily felt. And though she tried to explain the predicament as gently as she could, the triplets were no fools
