Chapter 55

The fire crackles as it burns, the flames high and the pack circled around it. They mourn the man they've come to see as family, not understanding why I would brutally murder him, my own blood.

They didn't understand, and they didn't need to.

One by one, everyone leaves and goes inside. Everyone except myself, Jackson, and Zed.

"How long does it take to fully burn?" Jackson questions.

"A while." I state emotionless.

"I want to make sure he's not coming back." Zed mutters icily.

Once upon a time I would have comforted him, but after everything we've both said and done, I couldn't. Zed was tricked, used, manipulated and betrayed by the one person that should only have ever loved him. Everyone knows what Kage did to me, I walked the path willingly, but he put it there, laying down every brick and stone.

I didn't comfort Zed, I didn't even spare him a glance as I stand like a statue, watching the flames and ignoring the stench of a burning body.

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The fire was almost out, a few final