Chapter 114

The drive back to my family’s lands is quiet.

Aaron sits beside me, but he doesn’t make conversation. He

doesn’t hold my hand or do much of anything, really!

If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was brooding.

But that’s not his style.

He’s too volatile a wolf for that. I’m more the one to sulk and

think. Aaron is a man of action.

When I hit the second gate I get out of the car.

“I’ll drive you up,” Aaron insists.

“No.”

He curses. Then he reaches into his suit pocket. “Here.”

He hands me a small velvet bag. “What’s this?”

“Open it.”

I undo the tie string and pull out a simple gold chain. It

has a moonstone pendant on it. Hecatolite isn’t especially expensive, but it has a really pretty opalescent glow. The chain and design look old.

“I get that you won’t wear my ring or much else that I sent

over, but that was my mom’s.”

“Oh.” I rub my thumb over the cool gem.

This gift has meaning.

1 pull it over my head.

“Can you keep it on?” he asks softly. “For me.”

This man has never been sentimental before. Not about

anything.

“Uh, okay.”

almost boyish, it’s so

head and get

phone on

plan on

to have a few guards positioned here,” Aaron

think that’s a

“It’s them or me.”

“Okay,” I say abruptly.

His smile is

agree to someone-anyone other than

of trouble,

back as he

trouble.

find me…

think and clear my head. Instead of going into my father’s house, I go first to the

out of the lab as I

I’m glad

assuming you know

a few guesses,” he

I need you to swear

between us. No one

understood?”

hands into the pockets of

value this pack or my father’s. decision,

“Of course, Leah.”

lab, then uses the computer system there to lockdown the

a cloud server?”

He nods.

Anything connected to the web can

make the changes to

share all of those access codes with

je rks back like I’ve

of my research. Archives of our

pack’s medical history…”

Alpha, it is my highest priority to better protect that

sputters and I

Interesting…

has a temper. He hides

just take additional steps given the nature of my position and those who might use me to

and explanation

he says. “I’ll initiate new protocols

ultrasound,” I

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