Cade’s POV
This has been a long, mentally draining evening. Despite us not being fully linked, I can sense Alaia’s exhaustion, both mentally and physically. She is truly drained, having been focused on everyone’s feelings and emotions other than her own. She has worried about her mom all night. I could tell just by looking at her. She also worried about Tommy because he doesn’t have a mate or anyone with him to help him navigate through all this. It was all well organized, but still a clusterfuck, if that makes any sense.
My brothers and I sat on a long couch, Alaia sitting in between Calvin and Callum. Both had one of her hands in one of theirs and were rubbing little circles simultaneously on both sets of knuckles, just trying to keep her calm.
After many hours of talking and gettin
