Chapter Twenty-One: Denial and Fire
Josiah’s POV
The moon glowed coldly over the clearing as the last pack members trickled away. Alicia’s coffin had been lowered into the ground, but the weight of her absence remained. I lingered near the edge of the ceremony site, watching Savannah as she stood with Alicia’s kids in her arms. The sight shouldn’t have bothered me as much as it did. She didn’t belong here. She didn’t belong with them.
She didn’t belong with us.
You’re wrong. She’s ours. My wolf’s growl rumbled through my mind, low and insistent.
“Shut up,” I muttered under my breath, grinding my teeth. The last thing I needed was his bullshit right now.
She is. You feel it. You know it.
I clenched my fists, my nails biting into my palms as I fought to push him back. The pull towar
