MARINA POV Garrett growls viciously as I finally step out of the bushes I have been hiding in, and I freeze. One wrong move, and I know the grieving wolf will rip me in half, but for some reason, I don't want to leave him. His pain is calling to me. "I have smelled you since you showed back up, fish. Why can't you let me mourn in peace," Garrett snarls without looking away from his child's burnt corpse. I sigh and sink down to my knees. I lick my lips nervously as I try to shift through the jumbled thoughts in my brain. Flashes from my own pain fill my mind and I close my eyes. "Grieving alone or with company doesn't matter. It still hurts," I whisper back after a few seconds as I reopen my eyes. The heartbroken wolf actually looks at me. His bloodshot eyes and tear-stained cheeks hit my heart hard. I try to keep the sympathy and pity out of my eyes, but I know he can see it. "I don't know how to grieve. Lucian is the last person I grieved for. I was only a pup then

LIAM POV Mom is practically jogging as we head towards the stream the pack used to retrieve our Luna. Her heartbeat is running wild, and I know she is in pain, but I can't bring myself to comfort her. I don't know what to say.Thomas and I didn't grow up together. He was the eldest out of us and a good fifty, some odd years older than me. We were family but not friends. I loved him, but not like mom and dad loved him. I have no idea how to feel about losing my brother. I haven't ever lost anyone before. "It's okay, Brittany. I smell him," Alpha says to calm mom down, and I sniff the air. My siblings all do the same as me, and mom sighs out in relief.Dad's familiar scent is mixed with two others, so it's hard to find in the faint breeze, but after a few moments, I pinpoint him, and so do my siblings. Kelsey shoots me a sad glance, and I nod to signal I smell it too.One of the scents mixed with dad is definitely Thomas, but his smell is all wrong. His typical cedar smell is mix