Chapter 53. The Questions That Come After

Larkin nodded, her voice tight this time, “I can hear some muffled noises, and I can tell it’s still kind of intense,”

Larkin looked up at Rhiannon again, watching her tortured expression. At this point, it wasn’t just the pain from the injuries that was hurting badly, and Larkin decided to change the flow of the topic, “You ever notice how quiet it gets after a fight? Like...the forest is listening or something,”

Rhiannon replied softly, “Or waiting.”

“Yeah. Waiting to see who survived. Who crawled out alive. I hate that part. Always gives me the creeps,” Larkin laughed lightly.

“I don’t mind the quiet. It’s the questions that come with it I can’t stand.”

“What kind of question?”

Rhiannon hesitated, then replied in a low voice, “Whether everyone is ok, whether...he’s okay. Whether I should even hope anymore.”

Larkin’s brow furrowed, the question falling, “You mean the Alpha?”

Rhiannon nodded once, “We haven’t spoken properly for a whi