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.

you back tonight, Aaron replies, not answering my statement. “Otherwise I wouldn’t have come. I just needed a few things from my office and my

minute,” I say, wincing at

happened to my stubborn

his office, keeping an impersonal

It’s good, I think

or what my wolf will push me to do if we

Aaron asks as soon as we’re inside. He crosses his arms, closing himself

he was cold toward me, but now I know I

he’s treating me now is positively

not sure

anywhere else to

going on with Roberts Corp

name, Aaron’s features transform with utter

he could happily dig up my

him?” Aaron bites

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brother wasting their money on booze and gambling and living a degenerate lifestyle? It was just a cover for where the money was really

asks, his brow creasing,

secret project on a restricted floor of

“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

I reply impatiently.

secret project has a

urge to

is bigger than both of

our animosity and hurt feelings aside, or the

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