When we got back to the pack, I stayed by my brother's side. I somehow got hysterical enough for Summer to fall asleep, but I couldn't get over seeing my brother in that state. I know he took that step only to protect us, but he didn't think about himself.
Somehow, in our first few days as the leaders of this pack, we had gotten the Warriors dead, and this was weighing deeper on my conscious, but I know it made Alex feel like he failed.
"You have to take a shower." He said standing on the threshold of Brian's room. I wanted to argue, but I wasn't doing them any good by sitting here and watching them sleep.
Alex held my hand as we made our way to our room. we didn't talk even as we took a shower, but we comforted each other through our silence.
We cuddled in bed, both of us lost in our
