Present Day
Celia curled her knees to her chest, staring blankly out the front windows at the trees swaying gently in the breeze. She sat on the couch where Lucas had placed her before walking the alpha and Landon out. She could still feel the echo of his arms wrapped around her, his warmth grounding her when everything else felt like it was slipping away.
She had no idea how to process what she’d just learned. It was too much. Too fast. Her world had already shifted once, and now it felt like it was cracking apart all over again.
She heard the soft creak of the door but didn’t turn. The couch dipped beside her, and then Lucas was there, sliding in close, wrapping an arm around her waist and tucking his face into the curve of her neck.
“I don’t know what to do,” she whispered.
“You do
