Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 206

AARON

I wake up in my bed at Rathborn mansion, but of course it

doesn’t smell or feel like my bed any longer, because this is

where Leah lay for months in that coma.

For a second, I let the scent of my mate lull me, but then I remember what happened and sit up in a rush.

“Leah!”

“I’m right here.” She gets up from the armchair positioned near the bed-the same one I spent hours upon hours occupying when I was sitting vigil next to her-and I think

there’s some kind of irony to be found in that.

“How are you feeling?” she asks, coming over to sit on the bed

next to me.

Except as soon as she’s within reach, I yank her into me, needing to feel the real, solid weight of her in my arms.

“Are you okay?” I ask her, instead of answering her question.

I have the power of three Alphas.

Short of total decapitation, no one is killing me any time soon.

Leah on the other hand…

“I’m fine, Aaron,” she reassures, hugging me back. “But I was

so scared for you.”

measly bullets to slow me

and

her lashes.

tell me the truth?” she demands, and a cold shot of shock

did she find out

someone has been trying to

yell. “Did you really think you

telling me? Have

If you

and cup her face. “And the

someone kills you, the mating bond kills me. I didn’t want anyone to get it into their head that to get to me, they only had to get to

lands a

know why!”

shout. “Why the

about this?”

pointed look. “It seems not telling each

can’t argue with

I’d been so sure that staying

her safe.

that

into us with the express purpose of getting to

remember how it all went

to kill you,” I say in confusion, even as the thought occurs to me. “They

this, Leah looks even more upset. “Why would someone want to kidnap

are any

them start

Da mn it.

myself Leah hasn’t deterred my enemies in the

is further broken something that was