Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 209

I wake up the next morning and Aaron is gone.

He never really did answer when I’d asked him what he wanted, instead he’d diverted me by making love for the second time, and then an hour or two later, I’d awoken to him already worshiping my body and he’d taken me for a third

time.

Each time had been more intense than the last, and I could feel the mating bond between us getting stronger and stronger.

I feel sore and lethargic this morning, but not in a bad way.

As I climb out of bed, I see a folded note on the bedside table, Aaron’s neat writing on it.

pick it up and scan the contents.

Leah, I hope one day you understand why I’m doing all this.

Typical of Aaron, no apology and no actual explanation.

But I’m beginning to think I understand him and his

motivations better than maybe he’d like me to.

And it feels like there’s more behind the words of the note. I could practically feel it through the mating bond last night, these shadowy places in his heart and soul where he’s hiding things from me.

had said when he’d gone

out, so he’d assumed Liam had moved it all in

somehow

Aaron either found out about the tech right before Liam got killed, and confiscated it all because he understood how dangerous it was and never did trust my brother, or he discovered where

sense, and once again, I vow I’m going to get to the bottom of

outright, not if he

but I’m

going to have to figure

about it, I’ll just

said after the disastrous Council meeting. That Aaron keeping himself apart from

think I can see hints of

is hurt and doesn’t understand-mostly my wolf-even as the rest of me understands all

any less sad about

to start

things a lot of the time, especially in regards

also get that there’s never been another Alpha like Aaron,

power

of legends, and wolves will talk about

for generations to come.

wonder, do I want to see all of that culminate in Aaron

I reject Aaron and break the mating bond is crazy, but there’s also

Aaron-which I do, I love him-then maybe it would be

one problem