Chapter 11

LEAH

I’m not going to lie, I feel a little happy.

Please don’t judge. I get it. I’m THAT girl.

The dumb one. The oh-you-got-your-heart-broke-again one.

The one who sits home waiting for him to call.

But what most people don’t know is that Aaron was the one to

sit up with me when I had nightmares. He was the one to insist

I learn to trade and to obtain my Series 7 license so I’d have a

career. Aaron is the one to stare me in the eyes everytime he

joins his body to mine.

And, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it’s just sex.

But it’s not.

It’s more than that.

I know it. I believe it.

And deep down, I love him.

As rough and cold as he can be, I know there’s more to him

than he lets the world see.

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head into the kitchen and grab an apple from the giant

prep table. It’s ripe

are you smiling

It’s Jessica.

long, blond hair is down

some goddamn shampoo commercial. Ugh. This

dance on my grave.

thought saddens me.

mean, Jessica. I didn’t ask to be Aaron’s wife. But I am. And I have been for a long time

and then snatches the

the compost

trash. You’ll always be trash. And if I had my way, we wouldn’t just bleed you once a month,

which your pack can

sins.”

once more to reason with her. “I

committed,

dead. And my eldest brother.”

is dead. I’ve lost cousins and kin too. War is awful

that way.”

She huffs.

it? You’re a human. For the life

he even bothers to keep you around. You’re

pack. No use to Aaron.”

That hurts.

or apologetic for her actions, trying

he was hers to begin with.

some sanctity for our

aren’t mated. We

to count for

it isn’t good for either of us.”

“I don’t care about

And if you think that Aaron cares, then you’re even dumber than

being nice to her. “You’re jealous.”

flash and it’s the only warning I

arms as she grabs

across the kitchen.

the pantry door and stay there on the ground, wheezing.

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