Chapter 36.

Leo POV.

Walking through the packhouse after what happened last night. I’m numb and I know my mates are, too. Same as her family and the pack. This is on us. I remember what Selene told us, but I was too wrapped up in Morgana. I forgot. I failed my mate, and she died. But what I don’t understand is how? Calista and I both marked her. She should have been fine.

I find myself standing outside her bedroom. I open the door and there she is laying on her bed. She looks asleep, but I know different. They have dressed her in a white knee-length sundress. Her hair has been braided and is adorned with flowers. My eyes blur with tears as I look at her face. I reach out to touch her but stop myself. I don’t deserve her. I hear movement behind me but don’t respond to it.

“She loved you, you know?” I turn and see her little sister, Sofia. She is so much like Gaia only difference is her hair is dark like Mia’s.

“She didn’t deserve any of this.” I whisper as I look at Gaia. Sofia moves closer to the