Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 23

The road winds back and forth as we gain elevation. The

mountain is steep enough to ski and it’s heavily wooded. The headlights cast shadows through the pines and fir.

I’ve never been here before.

I wonder if Aaron has.

He brings the vehicle to the mountain top and parks. “Get out,”

he tells me.

slowly unbuckle my belt. It’s significantly colder here than where we’d been and I didn’t think to bring a coat. I don’t have my medications. My phone’s about to die.

This is the type of deserted stretch of forest where you’d go hunting for the weekend.

Or where you’d bury a body.

After the things I’ve said tonight, I have to wonder why Aaron has brought me here.

n a battle of strength against this wolf, there would be no

contest.

2/4

“Come on,” he says quietly. “It’s this way.”

big duffel bag from the back of the SUV and then

through the dark to the edge of the mountain

with the same precision he does. And the

me his night vision is easily ten times better

owl calls and there’s a low hum of different

we walk, so this roadway is maintained in

some way.

I want to ask where we’re going and more importantly, why. But this wolf won’t reveal anything he isn’t ready

have to hope that I’m not walking

the ultimate

father or my pack

Hmm.

uneven stretch of ground

and he’s holding

I’m

grunts and keeps

3/4

as the clouds lift, and moonlight floods this area, showing too many stars overhead to count and a valley

a curving stretch of river.

“It’s beautiful.”

is,” he agrees.

hadn’t intended to say that out loud.

a flash of reflection. As my eyes adapt more, I see

that where we’re going?”

nods and picks up the pace.