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."

 

and shit. He and Jane were talking about you, but they thought they were alone. Jane told Jace that you were pregnant, and they spent quite

 

Of course I remembered

 

him eavesdropping, he went totally 'Dennis crazy' on them. He was

 

The guy was six-five, bulky and bald. Even the smallest scowl gave anyone shivers, not

 

is none of his business" I retorted with a

 

and on to Jace 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

 

has. Dennis was our top warrior and trainer apart from Phillip. He taught

 

to be nice, but when he lost his mate in the same war eighteen years ago, he toughened everything about

 

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

 

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

 

Ouch Dennis. Ouch.

 

told Jace that if you

 

I urged, though it wasn't that hard

 

daughter. But he promised it would be painful and

 

have ever gotten away with hurting an Alpha's daughter and another Alpha's

 

to warn us before Dennis could plan, but that was hell of a mistake on Jace's side. Why do you think dad attacked two months early?" My eyes widened as I snapped my eyes to his. Dennis

 

basically played the role. Somehow, he always seemed to wiggle his way into dad's mind and make him do things that weren't originally planned. I had no idea how one man could

 

doubt going to convince dad, so he called me immediately" Aiden sat beside me on my bed, by now

 

gonna get to you. He has his little posse in our pack and some of them know this pack all too well. I

 

Dad knew but he didn't mind, since

 

if you were indeed pregnant, and I got scared,

 

on the brink of tears, but if I knew my brother, I knew they wouldn't

 

that he would somehow find a way and complete his mission. And Rox, I knew he would've. So I -

 

to get rid of the pregnancy so he wouldn't hurt me" I finished

 

Aiden. Protecting me at all costs. No matter the damage, he would pull any strings to

 

other ways." He started again, wording my hidden thoughts. "But my 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 pained him to even think about what he

 

thirty minutes. I would've had to get him removed immediately

 

you kicked me out, when I was running back home I saw numerous other ways that we

 

Aide, I understand. And though I'm not okay with what happened, I can see how you

 

pulled him into

 

to have some advantage, he had affirmation. The jackass even used our names, saying that we would get to come home sooner. When you kicked me out that night and I went home, the three of them sat me down and told me the

 

the Alpha and needed some home time. When he asked me why you didn't come with me,

 

That explained dad's outburst and why he was so

 

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