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.

so

look of confusion, before

the sight of

And Lillian

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

can’t answer, the words

anything to save her from

bewildered, but then something catches her eye on

atches up the framed photo Lillian put up of me

tears stream down her face. “Aaron, he was so

beautiful,” I reply, and she looks up sharply. “Our son,

notices the door to the nursery standing open, and

a slower pace, stopping in the doorway as she

she’s taken it all in, she reaches into the crib and reverently

her face, and scents her son for the

is one of love

can see the truth dawning on her features. “This scent is

I reply, because what else is there