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 she can walk into

another look of confusion, before going

sight

And Lillian

she asks, shaking

words are

wish I could do anything to save

bewildered, but then something

put up of me

gushes, and immediately, tears stream down

up sharply. “Our son, Ethan, is

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

her at a slower pace, stopping in the doorway as she stands in

she reaches into the crib and reverently picks up a softly knitted

face, and scents her son for the

love

she says slowly, and I can see the truth dawning on

reply, because what else is there to