Chapter 319

• “How many did we lose?” Leonardo asked without hesitation, leaning forward, his elbows resting heavily on his thighs.
• “Ten,” Dante replied, his voice subdued but steady. “No children or elders among the dead.” He nodded slightly, fully attuned to the storm raging within his Alpha.
• I could feel Leonardo’s anguish as though it were my own, the weight of those lives pressing against his chest becoming a burden I refused to let him carry alone. I could have shut myself off from his emotions if I tried hard enough, but I didn’t. Instead, I chose to share his pain, easing some of the heaviness with every breath I sent his way, infused with love and warmth.