Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 114

Chapter 114
The drive back to my family’s lands is quiet.
Aaron sits beside me, but he doesn’t make conversation. He
doesn’t hold my hand or do much of anything, really!
If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was brooding.
But that’s not his style.
He’s too volatile a wolf for that. I’m more the one to sulk and
think. Aaron is a man of action.
When I hit the second gate I get out of the car.
“I’ll drive you up,” Aaron insists.
“No.”
He curses. Then he reaches into his suit pocket. “Here.”
He hands me a small velvet bag. “What’s this?”
“Open it.”
I undo the tie string and pull out a simple gold chain. It
has a moonstone pendant on it. Hecatolite isn’t especially expensive, but it has a really pretty opalescent glow. The chain and design look old.
“I get that you won’t wear my ring or much else that I sent
over, but that was my mom’s.”
“Oh.” I rub my thumb over the cool gem.
This gift has meaning.
1 pull it over my head.
“Can you keep it on?” he asks softly. “For me.”
This man has never been sentimental before. Not about
anything.

“Uh, okay.”
He smiles and looks almost boyish, it’s so genuine.
I shake my head and get out of the vehicle.
“Keep your phone on you,” he tells me.
I plan on that anyway.
“I’m going to have a few guards positioned here,” Aaron says.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“It’s them or me.”
“Okay,” I say abruptly.
He shakes his head. His smile is wry this time.
I did agree to someone-anyone other than him-rather quickly.
“Stay out of trouble, princess.”
I step back as he drives off.
I want to stay out of trouble. The problem is, trouble seems to
find me…
The long walk to the main packhouse gives me time to think and clear my head. Instead of going into my father’s house, I go first to the infirmary.
Adam pokes his head out of the lab as I enter the building.
“Leah! I’m glad you’re back.”
“I’m assuming you know why I’m here.”
“I can venture a few guesses,” he says.
“Adam, I need you to swear to me that any information
between us stays between us. No one else. Is that
understood?”
He shoves his hands into the pockets of his wh ite lab coat.
“I am your Alpha. If you value this pack or my father’s. decision, I need to know that I can trust you.”
“Of course, Leah.”
He guides me back into his lab, then uses the computer system there to lockdown the facility.
“Are these computers connected to a cloud server?” I ask him.
He nods.
“Disable it. Anything connected to the web can be hacked.”
“I’ll make the changes to our security system and backups.”
“And you’ll share all of those access codes with me. Today.”
He je rks back like I’ve slapped him.
“Leah, this is years of my research. Archives of our entire
pack’s medical history…”
“Precisely. And as the Alpha, it is my highest priority to better protect that information.”
He sputters and I watch his eyes flare.
Interesting…
Adam has a temper. He hides it well.
“I know you’ve served this pack tirelessly, my friend. We should just take additional steps given the nature of my position and those who might use me to access Pack Roberts.”
My ‘friend’ comment and explanation seem to appease him.
“You’re right,” he says. “I’ll initiate new protocols immediately.”
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