Chapter 135

LEAH

My hands shake as I pull the pendant back on. It hangs between my breasts and draws attention to my cleavage, which I suppose is good, although I

didn’t expect Aaron to get so annoyed

about me forgetting to wear it.

This is all new to me.

My stomach is a bit knotted and I reach

for some bread.

It. Is. Delicious.

If this is just the carb course, I’m pretty

sure the rest of this meal is going to be

orgasmic. I blush. Well, no. Nothing is

going to compare to that.

“What are you thinking about?” Aaron

asks.

I blush harder.

He chuckles.

I’m going to miss this. Seeing him

laugh-it is so rare. Feeling him stir my body to life. Just being beside him.

It’s easy to forget that I’m dying as I focus on the day-to-day dealings of my

role as Alpha and working to save Pack

Roberts.

But when I’m with Aaron…

I want to savor. I want every second to extend into infinity. I want these good feelings to last. Knowing they won’t, that’s just another reminder of the ticking clock that has become my life.

“What happened?” he whispers.

3

2

4 +

blink back the tears

2

tell him. And

only sad because I’ll miss

round of food comes

from having to say

C

slowly.

shares stories of

childhood-details I’ve never heard

or even

times, before the war resurged and ripped our

courses,

the hall

I’m surprised when

him with a hand to

warns.

“Back off, Beta.”

“No.”

my sister,” he growls as

to stop

through,”

But he’s not alone.

two

behind Liam.

a darkly bearded man

eyes

almost translucent.

between his light

and

is blond and makes me

Vikings or warriors from

really tall and wide

in

tattooed

lack of

dangerous.

the Viking-looking

says.

“Michail.” Aaron nods.

scoffs. “I was

Aaron bristles.

are undercurrents of tension here and Aaron might outwardly

his one hand has curled

fist and the other lingers close to

beside his

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