Chapter 165. Shifted

Jaden’s POV

Ralph always played pranks on me—smart pranks—along with Jake. Was this one of them?

“Ralph, talk!” I shook his body vigorously.

He said nothing, did nothing, felt nothing. His body was only… lifeless.

Logan killed him. Logan had killed my Beta!

My eyes stung, but I fought them back. I could hear the soft sobs of my mate behind me.

It broke my heart. I winced in pain, my jaw clenched as I tried to fight everything in.

“Ralph is dead,” I said, slowly accepting it. “My brother is dead.”

What would I tell Jake and Jonah? The pack? His wife? How’d I heal from this?

“Jaden…” Rihanna touched my shoulder.

I moved her hand away, placing Ralph back on the seat he had been tied to, under the volcano.

From what Chris said earlier, the volcano was about to erupt.

If Logan had tied him here, was it so he’d be consumed by the lava? That was unfair and gruesome.

“…I’m very sorry,” Rihanna sai