I woke up, as expected, to an empty bed. My memory of the night before was still pretty clear, and I tried my best not to cry again. Ace's walls were up again, and his scent was still heavy in my room, telling me that he left not too long ago.

 

I sighed as I got out of bed to take a long, warm bath. My body needed it.

 

Feeling somewhat relaxed and refreshed, I wrapped myself in a robe and headed back inside my room without drying off. Sometimes I preferred to sit and air dry.

 

I almost screamed and broke Aiden's neck when I saw him standing beside my desk. Didn't he know he shouldn't do such things?

 

I suddenly remembered that I was still very upset with him, and worse now that I had nothing or nobody to channel my guilt to, him being here wasn't the best--for him at least.

 

"I'm pretty busy Aiden" I snapped as I moved some hair from my face.

 

"Come on Rox" He pleaded, already looking defeated. "By the time you're finished drying I'll be done with what I have to say"

 

My heart clenched at the fact that he knew exactly what I was doing. It made me remember that nobody knew me like he does.

 

I mustered up my sternest face and folded my arms over my chest. "Speak"

 

"Will you listen to me this time? " He asked slowly. I gave him a short nod, and I watched as he readied himself.

 

"The last thing I wanted was to hurt you"

 

"Yea right and-"

 

"Just listen to me Roxy, please" I shut my mouth and watched as he gave me a pleading but pointed look. Huffing, I plopped down on my bed and did a zip impression across my lips.

 

"What I did was disgustingly terrible and I know that. I had a lot of time to think about it, and I saw ways how I could've gone about doing things differently now. That plan was stupid. So so stupid. I'm a big idiot"

 

I almost chuckled at that, but managed to keep my mouth in a thin line.

 

"I'm gonna tell you what happened okay? But you have to listen" His tone changed to a bit more serious as he took a different stance. I shifted on my spot as I felt a little bit more nervous.

 

"The day I tried to.." He cleared his throat but didn't say exactly what he tried to do. "I was panicking. I had just gotten off a call with Jace, and what he told me made me go crazy. I couldn't think, so I just did the first thing that came to my mind."

 

I knew he said no interruptions, but the look on his face prevented me from keeping my mouth shut. "What did Jace say Aiden?"

 

"I didn't know that Jace knew about you, so I was confused at first"

 

"Yea the day Ace and I fought for the first time and I ran to the border, he saw me. He told me that he overheard Jane and I talking."

 

told Jace that you were pregnant, and they spent quite a while

 

nodded impatiently. Of course I

 

found him eavesdropping, he went

 

was six-five, bulky and bald. Even the smallest scowl gave

 

is none of his business" I retorted with

 

about the mateship being an abomination, not to mention what he said about the baby. Roxy you know that apart from you, me, dad and Phillip, the mission was the most important thing to the guy, and you know

 

trainer apart from Phillip. He taught us to fight and be tough. Hell, the guy broke every bone in my body

 

minded. I heard that he used to be nice, but when he lost his mate in the same war eighteen years ago,

 

why this mission meant so much to him too. So I knew exactly what

 

that you were gonna pay. But he also didn't believe that you

 

Ouch Dennis. Ouch.

 

that if you were pregnant, he would...

 

urged, though it wasn't

 

the child, but spared you since you were the Alpha's daughter. But he promised it would be painful and dreadful. He said that even if things worked out fine,

 

away with hurting an Alpha's daughter and another Alpha's mate, but I knew Dennis. And if he really really wanted to, he could've and

 

do you think dad attacked two months early?" My eyes

 

to wiggle his way into dad's mind and make him do

 

he called me immediately" Aiden sat

 

gonna get to you. He has his little posse in our pack and some of them know this pack all too well. I knew that once he got onto the lands, he

 

wolves, who were solely loyal to him. Dad knew but he didn't mind, since Dennis was loyal to

 

and kill that child if you were indeed pregnant, and

 

met his, as I heard his voice break. He was on the brink of tears, but

 

find a way and complete his mission. And Rox, I

 

pregnancy so

 

see, that was always Aiden. Protecting me at all costs. No matter the damage, he would pull

 

mind wasn't working Roxy. I just knew I had extra wolfsbane and I

 

urged him to continue without saying it. I could see how much it

 

once I swallowed that wolfsbane, the baby would've been gone within thirty minutes. I would've had to get him removed immediately so that I wouldn't get poisoned, and by the time Dennis found me, I would've been baby

 

ways that we could've dealt

 

the tenth time. " I know Aide, I understand. And though I'm not okay with what

 

sighed as I pulled

 

we would get to come home sooner. When you kicked me out

 

had given dad a lame excuse about why I was home, saying that I got in a fight with the Alpha and needed some

 

hair. That explained dad's

 

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