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.

in a way I know I’m never going to recover from. Not until I

are different now,” I keep going, shoving

be dealt with later

this Al tech and be done with it. We have to

yourself if the tech got

thousands–maybe even millions–of people died?

whoever has it

you still

in the mirror and not feel the weight of all those

deaths?”

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

we going to do?”

reply. “We’ll just have to do

I spend a

ideas start coming to me. “Is there a way

doesn’t look happy about my idea, but then again, he

It’s not that hard.”

Good.

feel like I’m getting somewhere.

knows where the missing tech

on it–or, god forbid–get ready to use go it. Tracking her movements for a few days or weeks should

out those places ourselves and see if that

us anywhere.

time we

and we go

but he’s sleeping soundly in his crib

go into Aaron’s room, then into the luxuriously appointed bathroom.

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

climb onto Aaron’s large mattress and collapse in the middle, dragging the blankets

pillows.

hint of Aaron’s scent and I

one day soon it’ll be gone, just