Chapter 166

We arrive back in Montana later that night and I’m exhausted.

But I’m glad for it, because hopefully it’ll mean I’ll fall straight into an exhausted sleep without dreams or grief disturbing me.

There’s extra SUVs in the driveway, but I don’t immediately think anything of it.

Not until I walk into the foyer and come face to face with Aaron.

We both freeze at the sight of each other.

My entire body lights up and my inner wolf is ecstatic.

This feeling, it’s like I was living in some kind of half-light, and Aaron brough the sun, warming me and making everything bright

and sharp.

Tension crackles in the air between us and Aaron’s eyes immediately glow golden.

Next thing I know, every single other wolf-including James-has fled, leaving us standing alone.

In that second, I make a snap decision, though I’m sure it’s mostly my wolf, the way she’s pushing up and clamoring to get closer

to him.

“I need to tell you something,” I blurt out into the heavy silence.

my statement. “Otherwise I wouldn’t have come. I

say, wincing at

to my

head stiffly and we walk to his office, keeping an impersonal amount of distance between

It’s good, I think

or what my wolf will

as soon as we’re inside. He crosses his

to think he was cold toward me, but now I

treating me now is

tell you something,” I say, still not sure I’m doing the

anywhere else

were going on with Roberts Corp and Liam

the mention of my brother’s name, Aaron’s features transform with utter

like he could happily dig up my brother’s remains and slaughter him all over

about him?” Aaron bites

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wasting their money on booze and gambling and living a degenerate lifestyle? It was just

do you mean?” Aaron asks, his brow creasing, and I can see I’ve got his

a single, secret project on a restricted floor

just looks confused. “Leah, are you sure? I ran Roberts Corp for months while you were-” He breaks off, his features hardening, as if he’s gathering his resolve. “I ran your family business for months and I never even saw a hint of any secret

reply impatiently. “But now we have a

repeats imperiously. “Your secret project has a problem

clamp down on the urge

than both of

need to put our animosity and hurt feelings aside, or the

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