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

about me.

me for who I am, and Jessica hates me for what

I took from

together

doorway, I hear James

you were coming home,” he

inside the doorway where they can’t

listen in.

I not come home? I heard about what

every wolf in

left to come home as soon as I heard. Aaron was the

mate. I needed to be here

the funeral.”

walk away, not waiting to hear

response to that.

make my stomach tighten with an old, familiar

doesn’t have the right to claim Aaron was

life.

doubt she knows what real love even feels like.

soul–deep connection that Aaron and I shared was

I came

I’m sure she’s going to swan around the mansion and grounds, acting like she’s the widow and her whole life is

welfare of the packs and running the

have a clue, and I can only hope she’ll go back to

the feeling hoping Jessica will leave might be wishful

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

nursery that James put together while Aaron and I were

from Aaron’s bedroom, and I have to say,

did a wonderful