CHAPTER 28

　　Empty.

　　That couldn't begin to describe how I felt.

　　Numb.

　　That could to an extent.

　　I guess, after all, we didn't have a bond that would enable me to know whether or not she was alive. Because I was only just finding out she was... Gone. I couldn't even bring myself to think it. Eunice was gone, I wouldn't ever see her again, wouldn't ever hear her laugh or tell me that I looked like I'd just drank wolfsbane. Ever again.

　　Something hot worked its way up my chest to settle in my throat. I shut my eyes tight when tears slowly trickled down my cheeks.

　　The whole pack will find it difficult to trust me after what had happened tonight; and Vaughan might never. I had to stop a fast approaching war with powers I had no control over nor wanted. Nayla was gone and... And Eunice-

　　A sob ripped out of the depths of my soul, and I sank down on the turfs, fisting grass and mud, more sobs followed until I was openly crying.