Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 270

I’m glad to climb back into the safety of the SUV with James after leaving the meeting with Ryker.

There wasn’t much left to say after Ryker made his ultimatum. He’s not going to help me get the Al tech back, not if it means moving against his mate.

I know I should heed his warning.

No one in their right mind pits themselves against the Old

Country Wolves and expects to survive.

But the tech–and whatever damage it might do is my

responsibility.

My family built it, and my family lost it.

No matter the cost, I have to get it back. Then decide whether to hand it over to the military like it was supposed to be, or destroy it and tell the military that the project failed.

“This isn’t good, Leah,” James says once we start driving.

“Tell me about it,” I mutter despondently. “But it doesn’t change things.”

“It doesn’t?” James says incredulously. “Leah, you heard Ryker. If you go after Karolina, he will come for you. Even Aaron was smart enough not to cross the Old Country Wolves.”

“In the past, maybe,” I reply, ignoring the tightness in my chest and the tears that prick my eyes. “But if he was here now, I know he’d be thinking about doing exactly that.”

God, I wish Aaron was here right now.

My entire body aches with wanting my mate.

soul are in agony, wounded in a way I know I’m never

I keep going, shoving all

later when I

too high. We can’t just wash our hands of this Al tech and be done

if the tech got

thousands–maybe even millions–of people died? Or

it started turning

rival packs? Would you

in the mirror and not

deaths?”

looks grim. “No, you’re right. I couldn’t live with that. So

we going to do?”

deeper into Karolina for a start,” I reply. “We’ll just have to do it in a way that hopefully Ryker won’t find out about.”

to that, and I spend a

as a few ideas start coming to me. “Is there a way to track Karolina’s car? Or better yet, her cell

then again, he hasn’t looked happy about any of

not that hard.”

Good.

feel like

missing

go it. Tracking her movements for a few days or weeks should give us

checking out those places ourselves

us anywhere.

late by the time we get back to Rathborn mansion.

me goodnight, and we go our separate

Ethan, but he’s sleeping soundly in his

then into the luxuriously appointed bathroom.

to wash the day away

middle, dragging the

pillows.

still catch the faintest hint of Aaron’s scent

one day soon it’ll be