Chapter 157

I don’t know how much time has passed when I wake up in Aaron’s bed once again, but daylight is shining through the curtains

once more, so at least the night must have passed.

This time, I’m not in a rush to get up.

What’s the point?

My baby is gone, and I don’t even know what the point of me being alive is

It seems so cru el that I survived where he didn’t.

After a moment, I roll over, and don’t realize I’m trying to scent Aaron on the pillows until I’m already doing it.

I growl at myself, annoyed.

Or maybe I should be more annoyed with my inner wolf, since it’s her obsession with her mate that keeps me longing for him.

Longing for a man who I think I hate now.

I loved him for so long, hating him almost feels the same.

Deep, passionate, all-consuming.

A fire burning within me.

He is to blame for me losing my child, and I don’t know if I can ever forgive him for that.

But even as I think these things, my wolf is longing for him in a way that leaves my body aching.

Anyway, the pillows don’t smell like him anymore.

So has he simply been sleeping in another bedroom?

living on Rathborn

when he said Aaron left

I sit up, and find a pitcher of ice water and a platter of

I realize I

tastes better than anything I’ve ever eaten. I can distinguish flavors in a way I never have before. I also realize I can hear people moving around in the house, and pick up scents my

realized existed.

like

have my wolf, I’m

was actually missing out

as I finish with the food, the door opens and

the sheet up around myself, since whoever put me in

appetite back.” James walks over and sits on the bed. Right away, I can see the guilt in his eyes, and I try not to let it soften me. “I’m sorry, Leah. For everything. You have to know I’d do anything to change things, to

fault, James,” I reply, a

begins haltingly, but I hold

want to talk about it right now. I can’t talk about

won’t run off like that again,” James says, searching my features intently. “Rathbom pack lands might have the highest security, but you know from experience that its

drawing my knees up and wrapping my

James? How long was I

replies, his voice a low rumble. “Like Adam said, we didn’t know if you were going to ever

a miracle that I have my

her, like it should have been from the start if

history of all the packs-but we think it was Aaron claiming you at the last second that did it. Becoming your mate unbound your wolf. Between the mate bond tethering you

“I know.”

his life to bring you back from the depths.

that to my

that. I

why are

to have my wolf. I wanted to be whole, so he could mate me.

our child in my arms. I certainly wouldn’t have ever gotten sic k with canc er. Maybe I would still be Alpha and Liam wouldn’t have been able to betray me like

father thought that transferring his Alpha powers to

guess I’ll

right? Aaron has assumed control of my family’s

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