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.”

looks almost

head and get

phone on you,” he

plan on

have a few guards positioned here,”

that’s a good

“It’s them or me.”

“Okay,” I say abruptly.

His smile is wry this

someone-anyone other than him-rather

of trouble,

step back as

trouble. The problem is, trouble

find me…

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

out of the lab as I enter

glad

you know why I’m

venture a

you to swear to me that any

between us.

understood?”

into the pockets of his wh

this pack or my father’s. decision, I

“Of course, Leah.”

his lab, then uses the computer system there

connected to a cloud server?”

He nods.

it. Anything connected to

the changes to our security system

of those access codes

rks back like

is years of my research. Archives of

pack’s medical history…”

Alpha, it is my highest priority to better

sputters and I watch his eyes

Interesting…

has a temper. He

tirelessly, my friend. We should just take additional steps given the

explanation seem

says. “I’ll initiate

ultrasound,”

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