Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

I don’t know why I’m surprised to find out Emily and Jessica were best friends, considering Aaron and James are equally close, and they all grew up together.

I climb slowly out of the SUV and then walk around to join James.

“Did you know she was coming home?” I ask him, trying to

keep the accusation out of my voice.

He knows how contentious things have been between me and Jessica over the years, with Aaron firmly in the middle. The least he could have done was given me a heads up.

“No, I didn’t know,” James says, shaking his head.

I can tell he’s being truthful, so that alleviates some of my annoyance at least.

Aaron had mentioned that Jessica had taken an extended vacation and gone to stay with some relatives in another pack somewhere–at his expense of course–and it’d been easy to put her from my mind and simply believe she might never

come back.

Her timing, however, couldn’t have been worse.

I don’t want to have to deal with her and all that petty rivalry right now with everything else going on.

Eventually, Emily and Jessica are over the shock of their

unexpected reunion and I slowly walk toward the mansion, debating whether I should ask Jessica why she’s come back.

As I get closer, her eyes narrow, and that pretty much seals

the deal for me.

Jessica and her nastiness are not worth my time or energy right now.

and keep walking, but I can hear her and Emily whispering between

about me.

who I am, and Jessica hates

thinks I took from her.

way in which having them together and against me is going to end well.

the doorway, I hear James greet his

know you were coming home,” he says, and

pause just inside the doorway where

listen in.

not come home? I heard about

Basically, every wolf in

soon as I heard. Aaron

my mate. I needed

the funeral.”

away, not waiting to hear

response to that.

with an old, familiar

have the right to claim Aaron was

life.

knows what real

kind of soul–deep connection that Aaron and I shared was nothing

I came along.

the mansion and grounds, acting like she’s the widow and her whole life is over while I do the real work of looking

the packs and running the businesses.

she’ll go back to wherever she was once the funeral

Emily back in the picture, I get the feeling

Ethan with Tera. As I’d hoped, it’s time for his

nursery that James put together while Aaron and

room across from Aaron’s bedroom, and I

did a