We drank and ate our fill, and we danced until the sun came up. It had been a magical night and as the sun caressed the horizon, we greeted our pack family and everyone started leaving. I was tired yet energized as I closed the front door behind James and Shoran.
Malachi went to his study to update our family lupiary by adding Adara to it and comment on her first shift and the official mention of our imprinting. We would now be seen and recognized as a unit by everyone.
I went upstairs to my room, but something felt wrong. I couldn’t quite figure it out. I felt almost empty inside and lonely. I had new respect for what James must have felt when Shoran had left, even if only for a day. It was so consuming that my senses were dulled. ‘It’s exhaustion,’ I told myself. It had been a long ni
