Harley: The arrangements for our parents are set for two days from now. After the plans were set, Den and I had lunch in the diner our parents took us to on weekends. Dad was the beta to Axel and Atlas's father, and even though my dad was an incredible beta, the alpha was a bitter and mean old man. "Grief is so damn strange," Den said around a bite of his bacon cheeseburger. He was right. The waves it was hitting me in were strange to navigate. This will be easier for me since my family hasn't been in my life in ten years, other than phone calls and short visits, but I love them despite everything else. "How do you mean?" I wanted him to get this off his chest, but my heart broke at his words. "The other night, when you were screaming like that, I knew Mom would know what to do. The