LEAH

One moment Aaron is loving and open with me, the next I see him totally shut down when he gets a phone call from James.

It’s like watching him become a completely different person.

He becomes cold and indifferent, just like he used to be with me.

It feels like getting a bucket of ice water dumped over me.

I don’t understand what could have caused such a reaction from him.

But it must be something bad.

Something really bad.

“Aaron, what’s wrong?” I ask reaching for him, but he evades my touch.

“I have to go,” he replies, slipping his cell phone away and avoiding my gaze.

“Aaron, wait” I say, trying to keep the confusion and desperation out of my voice as he starts to walk away from me.

“Go find James and Ryker, they’ll make sure you get home safe,” he tells me, tossing the words carelessly over his shoulder, before disappearing into the shadows

“Dam n it, Aaron” I shout after him, frustrated that after everything. we’ve come right back around to this.

But I’m not putting up with it any longer.

but that won’t do me any good once he gets into

hurry into the abandoned factory to

he

way or another, I’m

refuse to simply sit by and let Aaron dictate the terms of

he can do better than that. We can work as a team, and

be dealt with. They’re tossing them in a pile, and I know from other skirmishes, their

who were killed are being handled gently, taken out to a van to be transported back to pack

terrible that some of our men-and Ryker’s men-lost their lives defending Aaron and myself, all because

not even

with Tobin, and we still don’t know what happened to the Al

a problem, it somehow ends

way Aaron did just now-isn’t the

remind him of that when I catch

say as I hurry up

should get you home. There’s no need for you to stay here any longer. Our

I tell him stubbornly, which he is obviously not impressed about. “You’re taking me to wherever Aaron

whether from my imperious tone, or my refusal to agree with James’s plan to go

wishes,” Ryker says, sending me a nod of polite respect,

says in an overly patient tone as he turns to me. “Aaron

my own good. But haven’t I proven time and again that I’m capable of far more than anyone has ever given me credit for? I’m

hand through

see he’s

I’m saying, but at the same time, he clearly feels

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