Queen Mother's POV

My son quickly hugged me as the flame was tripled, crying helplessly on my neck. In our culture, once a royal member dies, the corpse is usually burnt in front of the whole pack so that their spirit can go back to the mother of mercy.

If not, it will have a way of coming back, tormenting everyone. Adding to the fact that Laila was strangled by I and my brother, we had to make sure the pack found her corpse, to avoid any threat in the future.

I let out a sigh, stroking my son's back. Honestly, I know he would miss her, But then I...