Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 216

AARON

I head back to the Rathborn mansion, sad to be leaving Ethan, but I know he’s in good hands with Lillian, who is the pack’s main nanny.

I feel bad that the rest of the Rathborn pack is being denied her services right now, but there was another wolf Lillian has been training who was happy to step up and take Lillian’s place while Lillian is on ‘holidays.

The need to see Leah has been like a thorn in my skin for the past few hours.

I know much of it is driven by the desire of my wolf to see his mate, but a lot of it is also the simple fact that I’ve finally allowed myself to fully love Leah with everything that I am.

It’s almost impossible to tell where my feelings as a man who loves Leah end, and the instincts of my wolf to be with his mate begin, so I don’t even try.

The fact is, we both want Leah and her wolf, and that’s all that matters.

I was wrong before, thinking I was better off keeping myself

detached.

That I could somehow be with her and keep her at arm’s length for our entire lives.

that I could resist falling for

to my house, I knew there

the woman she’s become today, despite all the challenges she fa ced, including my own indifference at

living this half life, existing in the shadows,

want to lie to her, or keep parts of myself hidden

the biggest lie-of my

is, but everytime I think of how close I came to losing him during the attack

like my entire body gets jolted by a live

never felt absolute body-numbing fear the way I did that

out of my chest and send me to the kinds of extremes I’d fa ced when my son’s

to ever feel that

of who is trying to k ill me, and who orchestrated that attack on

my mate and the love of my life

someone got to her, and she let slip

she ever would, at least not without getting pushed past the breaking point

can’t confess

who sees how she’s grieving-with her heart on

Adam being escorted out of the mansion by a couple of