Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 23

The road winds back and forth as we gain elevation. The

mountain is steep enough to ski and it’s heavily wooded. The headlights cast shadows through the pines and fir.

I’ve never been here before.

I wonder if Aaron has.

He brings the vehicle to the mountain top and parks. “Get out,”

he tells me.

slowly unbuckle my belt. It’s significantly colder here than where we’d been and I didn’t think to bring a coat. I don’t have my medications. My phone’s about to die.

This is the type of deserted stretch of forest where you’d go hunting for the weekend.

Or where you’d bury a body.

After the things I’ve said tonight, I have to wonder why Aaron has brought me here.

n a battle of strength against this wolf, there would be no

contest.

2/4

says quietly.

big duffel bag from the back of the SUV and then

the dark to the edge of the mountain top.

precision he does. And the gold

eyes tells me his night vision is easily ten times better than mine.

there’s a low hum of

stones crunch as we walk, so this roadway is maintained in

some way.

importantly, why. But this wolf won’t reveal anything he isn’t

just have to hope that I’m not

the ultimate coup, though,

kills me, pins it on my father or my pack in some way.

Hmm.

on some uneven stretch of ground and in

and he’s holding me

uh, I’m

grunts and

3/4

as the clouds lift, and moonlight floods this area, showing too many stars overhead

bisected by a curving stretch

“It’s beautiful.”

is,” he agrees.

say

of reflection. As my eyes adapt more, I see the straight lines of

that where we’re going?”

picks up