Bane didn't wake for days, the alpha watching over the house for his departed ally and knowing bane would be a target. Avery waited till the next morning till she went back, finding the count and the hunter. She fell to her knees by the count, tears rolling down her cheek. She rested a hand on his eyes and closed them, sobbing quietly. "Payout fought bravely my love....so bravely..." She didn't know why she said it but she knew he could hear her. She looked up to see some of the pack members and they came and helped her take his body back to the manor, resting him in his coffin. She then found the alpha who lead her to bane, who was still recovering. And there she stayed for days, by his side, wanting her to be the first he saw and the one to tell him that his best friend was gone.