Chapter 175

AARON

I hang up the call from James

And then before I know it, I’ve crushed my phone in my fist.

Da mn it.

1/2

That’s the third one this month.

I toss the pieces onto the nearby table as Lillian comes in from outside, bringing a swirl of snow with her. She looks at me in concern as she goes over to put wood on the fire in the hearth.

“Is everything okay, Aaron?” she asks.

She’s always asking after me and concerned about my welfare. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone more selfless or sweeter.

“I need to go again,” I say, and I don’t even bother hiding the disappointment in my voice.

Lillian looks crestfallen, and I don’t blame her.

here all the time, on this remote mountain with no one else to see or talk to. I have guys patrolling the perimeter of the property, but they’ve got their own cabin down at the bottom of the drive, and rarely come up to the main

“You know I don’t want to be anywhere else. But I

with a nod, a note of sadness in

the bag I only just unpacked earlier today

wolf for sniffing

ell is he up

with Tobin it could be nothing

could be something deeper and

lish enough to make

so blatant as attacking my wife

Tobin is on the list of Council wolves I suspect

I’m more powerful than Tobin, and I doubt

had absorbed her father’s Alpha powers, I’d worried Tobin

hadn’t been there, that’s

my own and that of the Leithrow pack. If Tobin were to k ill me and absorb that on top of his

there was every chance he wouldn’t even survive

I thought Tobin was ambitious enough

doesn’t want to steal my power for himself, just getting me out of the way so I don’t take a seat on the Council

heading back to see what I can turn

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