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.”

and looks almost boyish, it’s

head and get out

your phone on you,”

on that

a few guards

don’t think that’s

“It’s them or me.”

“Okay,” I say abruptly.

head. His smile is

did agree to someone-anyone other

out of trouble,

as he

stay out of trouble. The problem is,

find me…

time to think and clear my head. Instead of going into

head out of the lab as

glad you’re

know

venture a few

need you to swear to me that any

us. No

understood?”

hands into the pockets of his

If you value this pack or my father’s. decision, I need to know

“Of course, Leah.”

back into his lab, then uses

computers connected to a

He nods.

to the

the changes to our security

all of those access codes with

je rks back like

of my research. Archives

pack’s medical history…”

the Alpha, it is my highest priority to better

sputters and I

Interesting…

has a temper. He hides

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

and explanation seem

he says. “I’ll initiate

ultrasound,”

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