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.

answering my statement. “Otherwise I wouldn’t have come. I just needed a few things from my office

say, wincing at the needy note

to my stubborn

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

It’s good, I think

my wolf will push me to do if we

we’re inside. He crosses his arms, closing himself off

was cold toward me,

way he’s treating me

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

anywhere else

were going on with Roberts Corp and

my brother’s name, Aaron’s features transform with

dig up my brother’s

him?” Aaron

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booze and gambling and

brow creasing, and I can see I’ve

money was being poured into a single, secret project on a restricted floor

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

was a secret, Aaron,” I reply impatiently. “But now we have a

“Your secret project has a

clamp down on the urge to bite back

bigger than

and hurt feelings aside,

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