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.

won’t do me any

into the

called Aaron, so he must know

or another, I’m going to find

by and let Aaron dictate the terms of my life

can do better than that. We can work as a team, and it’s so much better than the back-and-forth, unbalanced

floor, I 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 will be taken to a remote clearing

handled gently, taken out to a van to

our men-and Ryker’s men-lost their lives defending Aaron and myself, all because Tobin was making some power-crazed grab

it’s not even

was working with Tobin, and we still don’t know what happened to

we’re going to solve a problem, it somehow ends up being ten

Aaron did just now-isn’t the answer

need to remind him of that when

as I

gaze running over me as if he’s checking I’m not injured. “We should get you home. There’s no

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

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

Ryker says, sending me a nod of polite respect, before

he turns to me. “Aaron gave

my arms. “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 been an Alpha myself. Things are different now, and I think you

hand through his

see he’s

time, he clearly feels bound by Aaron’s orders as

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