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 the

me another look of

pauses at the sight of more dead

And Lillian

asks, shaking her head sadly. “And why would anyone want

answer, the words are stuck

do anything to save her from

bewildered, but then something catches her eye

and sn atches up the framed photo Lillian put up of me

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

is beautiful,” I reply, and she looks up

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

a slower pace, stopping in the doorway as she stands

into the crib and reverently picks

up to her face, and scents her son for

is one of love and longing and even

on her features. “This

reply, because what else is there to