CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

Noah's POV

I stayed there until Colin returned. He placed a warm hand on my shoulder as he spoke.

"I have done all you asked," he murmured. "I have sent a guard to the house of Reyna's parents, and they should be getting the news now."

I nodded, then stayed silent for long seconds. "You should back away from the body, Alpha." He suggested.

"No," I murmured like a deranged man. "No, I can't."

I felt Colin brush past me as he walked over to the bed I'd formerly occupied. He sat on its edge and placed his head in his hands as I hugged Reyna's still body.

"Colin?" I called, suddenly.

And my beta was surprised that I did.

His hands came down from his face and he looked at me confused. I could see the disapproval in his face, like he felt I had no right to say anything after what I had just done. And he was right.

But I wasn't concerned about that, at least not now, As I grew a strange and sudden nonchalance.

"Are the horses still outside?" I asked.

His eyebrows furrowed and he no