Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Leah hurries toward me, and I can see she’s pale and confused about all the carnage she’s found on this mountain.

The place where I brought her for a romantic getaway when things between us were beginning to change.

The place where she almost died on me the first time, because I had no idea her fragile human body was dying from cancer,

At this point, I’m not even surprised James brought her here, though I do shoot him an angry look, which he shrugs off as if to say it’s my own fault.

He’s probably not wrong.

And maybe this is better.

Maybe by Leah seeing the lengths our enemies are willing to go to in order to strike against me, she’ll better understand why I did what I needed to do.

“Aaron,” she whispers as she stops in front of me. “What happened here?”

“Our enemies attacked,” I said. “Maybe Tobin, because he knew I wouldn’t be here, and wouldn’t be able to stop this from happening”

“Stop what from happening?” Leah asks me in confusion.

answering, I step aside so she can walk into the

me another look of confusion,

sight

And Lillian

here?” she asks, shaking

the words are stuck in my

anything to save

more deeply bewildered, but then something catches her eye

over and sn atches up the framed photo Lillian put up of me holding Ethan on the day he

gushes, and immediately, tears stream down her face. “Aaron, he was so small,

up sharply. “Our

don’t understand…” Leah begins, but then she notices the door

in the doorway as she stands in the middle of the room and

in, she reaches into the crib

face, and scents her son for the

expression is one of love

I can see the truth dawning on her features. “This scent is fresh. From just a few

what else is there