Ashleigh had no words to comfort him, all she could do was hold him. He didn’t let himself cry, only leaning into her and allowing her to soothe him with her touch and her warmth.
“Caleb,” she whispered, “it doesn’t have to be right now, or even tomorrow, but you need to find a way to forgive Galen.”
Caleb took a deep breath and held to her tighter. Ashleigh smiled, rubbing his back.
“It’s hurting you more to be angry with him,” she said.
“I don’t know how to stop,” Caleb whispered. “I just keep thinking… what if I had arrived one minute later.”
“Then he would have stopped himself,” Ashleigh replied.
“You don’t know that,” Caleb sighed.
“You should.”
He pulled back and looked at her. Ashleigh smiled.
“Galen is your best friend, your brother,” she said, touching her hand to his face. “He is Bell’s husband, and our Beta.”
Caleb leaned into her hand as he listened to her words.
