Stone Circle I can't be told it can't be done

Day felt as though the world had dropped out from under him when Valette gave him the news. The male had been healthy when he left - in his prime. It was on the tip of his tongue to ask what had happened, but his mouth didn't want to make the words. He simply sat there, limp and weak, exhausted after his journey and still deeply hurt by the way that Sunny had left.

And now this.

His ears laid back, and his face seemed to fall in on itself. "Valette," he said, perhaps to apologize, perhaps to offer sympathy. It didn't matter, because his tongue stopped there. What else could he say? All his explanations, all his excuses - they seemed so inconsequential, now, in the face of the alpha's grief.

Suddenly, his head whipped around, and his eyes fell on Adeline's familiar form. "Addie," he began, his voice choked. But again, it was all he could say. What was he supposed to do?