215: Futile

I return home, my heart hurting for my husband. The house feels empty in his absence and the silence makes the pain worse.

Bruce, Calhoun’s beta and best friend, is gone. He was Calhoun's right-hand man, and his death took away a possible solution. Sapphire, who is still mourning Bruce, now holds bitterness towards me. Because she thinks I have it all. Except we’re almost in the same position now.

Maddy, busy with her own life, stays distant amid the chaos. It’s been one problem after the other, so I don’t blame her at all.

I can’t face Aiden at this point, so I let his Nanny, Cynthia take care of him, while I ponder deeply on how to help my husband break the curse.

Inside, my turmoil rages. Bruce's death left a hole in my support system.

Bruce’s absence makes me feel more alone. Because together we could have find a way to help Calhoun.

Thoughts of my own family haunts me. My father got murdered by my own mother, else. Else I could have confined in him.

And my mother is just out of