Jase POV
Saying goodbye to Maria was difficult. I knew she would be there at the end of a phone if I needed her, but I felt like I was losing a limb. So much change had happened over the past few weeks, and I felt like I needed it to all slow down.
For days after the ceremony, both Skye and myself had spent time with the pack therapists, talking through our trauma. This was something Maria had refused, and I considered commanding her as her alpha, and her brother, but I knew that this was something she would have to want for herself in order to heal. I knew she wasn’t ready; she had been avoiding Skye like the plague since our mom died and I knew it was because it was too painful for her to face.
I sighed heavily as a knock at the door distracted me from my thoughts. Skye popped her h
