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.

following his scent trail, but that won’t do me

I hurry into the abandoned

he

one way or another, I’m going to find

and let Aaron dictate the terms of my life

can work as a team, and it’s so much better than the back-and-forth, unbalanced power dynamic we had

find James and Ryker talking, while their men are gathering up the bodies of Tobin’s pack to be dealt with. They’re tossing them in a pile, and I know from other skirmishes, their bodies

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

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

it’s not even

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

solve a problem, it somehow ends up

splitting up and running off the way Aaron did just now-isn’t the answer to our

to remind him of that when I

as I hurry up to

you home. There’s no need for you to stay here any longer. Our guys are taking care of

home,” I tell him stubbornly, which he is obviously not

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

leave you to sort out Lama Leah’s wishes,” Ryker says, sending me a nod

turns to me. “Aaron gave me strict instructions to

“Tm fully aware of Aaron’s penchant for giving orders that he thinks are for 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 Aaron’s Luna. I’ve

shoves a hand

can see he’s

the same time, he clearly feels bound by Aaron’s

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