Chapter 81: Don't you ever say her name in front of me.

AZRIEL'S POV It’s been one week of intense sorrow and pain.  Since the portal of the dark forest disappeared and the message from the luna was sent to the Alpha, I had not set my eyes on him.  The atmosphere of the pack seemed like we were in mourning. Everyone moved about conspicuously, bearing the pain of our Alpha.  I couldn’t believe it myself. Over the years, despite trying to bring Zadok out of his slum by insinuating his mate was dead, a part of me felt she was still alive.  Call it a beta’s instinct, but I just had this silent resolve that the Luna couldn’t be dead. Unlike Shilhi, whom I watched explode into a million pieces, she didn’t explode. Ithra disappeared - Just like they had disappeared from the packlands and entered the dark forest.  Hearing Aaron repeat what he said to me, everything in me kicked against it. I couldn’t believe that my half-sister and Luna was dead.  Acknowledging that fact in my head made a new wave of sorrow fill my heart. I couldn’t understand why