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.

could

my house, I knew there was something special about

honor to watch her grow into the woman she’s become today, despite

I can see I was living this half life, existing in the shadows, punishing

don’t want to lie to her, or keep parts of myself hidden any

the biggest lie-of my entire life, keeping the existence of Leah’s son

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

body gets jolted

felt absolute body-numbing fear the way

this tiny person-my own flesh and blood-could rip my heart out of my chest and send me to the kinds of extremes I’d fa ced when my son’s

refuse to ever feel

until I get to the bottom of who is trying to k ill me, and who orchestrated that attack on the hospital, the

mate and the

in my power to protect Leah, but if someone got to her, and she let slip the truth

I think she ever would, at least not without getting pushed past the breaking point through some

Leah can’t confess what she

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

see Adam being escorted out of