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.

he’d gone to secure the Al tech

killed, the place had already been cleaned out, so he’d assumed Liam had moved it all in his attempts to screw over everyone-and most

what if somehow Aaron was

because he understood how dangerous

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

outright, not if he thinks

protective streak borders on ridiculous, but I’m not

to have to figure out

gets angry about it, I’ll just

Council meeting. That

see hints of

hurt and doesn’t understand-mostly my wolf-even as

less

to start

he goes about things a lot of the time, especially

there’s never been another Alpha like

power

mate is the stuff of legends, and wolves will

for generations to come.

in Aaron

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

do, I love him-then

one problem with