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.

walking, but I can hear her and Emily whispering between themselves, and know they’re talking

about me.

am, and Jessica hates me for

I took from

together

the doorway, I hear James

I didn’t know you were coming home,” he says,

the doorway where they can’t

listen in.

home? I heard about

every wolf in

as soon as I heard. Aaron was

He should have been my mate. I needed to

the funeral.”

walk away, not waiting to hear what James says in

response to that.

stomach tighten with an old, familiar churn of jealousy and anger.

to claim Aaron was

life.

doubt she knows what real love

that Aaron and I shared was nothing compared to whatever young

I came along.

grounds, acting like she’s the widow and her whole life is over while I do the real work of looking after Aaron’s son, seeing to

of the packs and running the businesses.

only hope she’ll go back

picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica will leave

upstairs and find Ethan with Tera. As I’d

nursery that James put together while Aaron and I were being held

room across from Aaron’s bedroom, and I have

did a