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.

know I’m never going to recover from. Not

I keep going, shoving all those

down to be dealt with later when I can be

just wash our hands of this Al tech and be

the tech got used and hundreds

thousands–maybe even millions–of people died? Or

whoever has it started turning it against other

to eliminate rival packs? Would you still be

the mirror and not feel the weight of

deaths?”

right. I couldn’t

we going to

start,” I reply. “We’ll just have to do it in a way

that, and I spend a few minutes

coming to me. “Is there a way to track Karolina’s car? Or

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

not that

Good.

finally feel like

Karolina knows where the missing tech is, then maybe she’ll

for a few days or weeks should give us

checking out those places ourselves and see if

us anywhere.

by the time we get back to Rathborn mansion.

goodnight, and we go our separate

soundly in his

then into the

take a shower but don’t linger. I just want to wash the

the middle, dragging the blankets over

pillows.

still catch the faintest hint of Aaron’s scent

day soon it’ll be