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."

 

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 a while talking about it.

 

Of course

 

he

 

scary Dennis. The guy was six-five, bulky and bald. Even the smallest scowl gave anyone shivers, not to mention when he was

 

of his business" I retorted

 

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

 

our top warrior and trainer apart from Phillip. He taught us

 

determined and closed minded. I heard that he used to be nice, but when he lost his mate in the same war eighteen years ago, he toughened everything about him, inside

 

to him too. So I knew exactly what Aiden meant about how hard

 

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

 

Ouch Dennis. Ouch.

 

you were pregnant, he

 

I urged, though it wasn't that

 

were the Alpha's daughter. But he promised it would be painful

 

daughter and another Alpha's mate,

 

on Jace's side. Why do you think dad attacked two months early?" My eyes widened as I

 

had no current Gamma, but Dennis basically played the role. Somehow, he always seemed to wiggle his way into dad's mind and make him do things

 

said he marched off in our house's direction, no doubt going to convince dad, so he called me immediately" Aiden sat beside me on my bed, by now I was dry, and

 

panicked. I know Dennis and I knew one way or the other, he was 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

 

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

 

Jace that he would find you and kill that child if you were indeed pregnant, and I got scared, Rox. That's all I heard. 'If you

 

the brink of tears,

 

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

 

to get rid of the pregnancy so he wouldn't

 

damage, he would pull any strings to ensure my safety. But there could've

 

again, wording my hidden thoughts. "But my mind wasn't working Roxy. I just knew I had extra

 

could see how much it pained him to

 

no doubt that 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 free.

 

that we could've dealt with it. But Roxy please forgive me. Please. I was just so scared and

 

the tenth time. " I know Aide, I understand. And though I'm not okay with what happened, I can see how you would have resorted to

 

I pulled

 

were ready, and since he had enough information about Ace's pack 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

 

got in a fight with the Alpha and needed some home time. When he asked me why you didn't come with me, I might've told him that you refused

 

as I rubbed his hair. That explained dad's

 

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