Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

LEAH

I wake up in Aaron’s huge bed at the Rathborn mansion.

My whole body hurts, but I can feel a new strength to my wolf

She is Alpha now, and it’s like I went from driving a tiny compact sedan to some kind of super powerful truck.

She has powers that are nothing short of amazing and she instinctively knows how to use them.

I’m in awe of her, and once again grateful that I even got to have her, after so many years of thinking I never would have a wolf of my very own, only to discover the travesty of my father binding her when I was young

I can’t believe I’ve regained Alpha powers.

At least this time it didn’t feel like it was going to kill me. It was painful and unpleasant, yes, but not absolutely agonizing.

Except this time, I’m Alpha to a pack I don’t even know, and I have no idea if they’ll even accept me as pack leader.

I sit up and see someone has placed a crib in one corner of the

room

Immediately, I get up and rush over, only to be disappointed when I find it empty.

I hurry out of Aaron’s room and head downstairs.

When I get to the bottom of the steps, I hear the sound of Aaron’s laughter.

It’s a sound I’ve heard rarely-Aaron has always been so serious, not that I can blame him considering how his life unfolded-but I don’t think I’ve ever heard Aaron sound as carefree as he does with whatever he found so funny just now

I follow the sound, until I arrive at the library

I push open the door and walk in to find Aaron lying on his back on the soft rug in front of the hearth.

a cheery fire burning, and Aaron has his

his father, but hasn’t quite figured out the coordination to manage it yet. Ethan is cooing and drooling all over Aaron,

I’ve ever seen Aaron

thing I

moment, seeing how

he is.

in my wildest dreams,

I never thought

come true

looks over then and sees me, immediately becoming concerned because I’m

against his chest and rolls

one arm and pull

I thought you were okay after the

s ob out. “I just saw you there with Ethan and it made me so happy… I never thought

would love me, or I would get to see our son born, let alone see what a good father

say anything else because I’m crying

anything more wonderful than being

Aaron murmurs to me, and I swear I fall for him all over

tell him, feeling like I’m in some sort of

all real, and I feel grounded in a way I

a while?” Aaron says, leading ine over to

over

wood to the fire, keeping the chill of another snowy Montana day out

roll over,” Aaron tells me once he returns to

set Ethan on the ground, and immediately he

at the simple sight, especially with how pleased Ethan

using his chubby little

the soft tufts woven into

knees underneath him, an adorable look of baby-concentration on his face, as if he’s ready

than six months, maybe not even until he’s ten or twelve months,” Aaron