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.

of answering, I step aside so

look of confusion, before going

the sight of more dead

And Lillian

pack nanny doing here?” she asks, shaking her head sadly. “And why would

words are stuck in

wish I could do anything to save her from the pain she’s about

even more deeply bewildered, but then

framed photo Lillian put up of me holding Ethan on the day he was

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

and she looks up

then she notices the door to the nursery standing open, and rushes across

pace, stopping in the doorway as she stands in the middle of the room and spins

the crib and reverently picks up a

her face, and scents her son for

of love and

on her features. “This scent is

what