Chapter 217

I use my heightened sense of hearing as I step through the front door of the mansion, picking up the low tones of James and Leah speaking in one of the sitting rooms.

Leah sounds upset and my steps quicken as I rush through the house to find her.

As soon as I walk into the doorway, Leah looks up.

Her hair is a mess, her eyes are red-rimmed and she’s pale.

She looks terrible, but at the same time, so achingly beautiful.

But, she’ll always be beautiful to me and my wolf, no matter the state that she’s in.

The relief and longing that crosses her face when she sees me makes my chest ache.

She jumps up from the couch and rushes across the room, throwing herself into my arms.

I catch her up against me, my worry for her climbing even higher.

James also gets up from where he was sitting in an adjacent armchair and crosses the room as well, but clearly because he’s leaving to give us some privacy.

I catch his eye with a questioning look as he draws even with

me.

“She found out about the attack at the hospital,” James says) which mostly explains everything and I feel my heart take on a new dimension of pain that Leah knows some of the terrible truth now.

“There’s more,” James adds, his expression becoming stormy. “But I’ll let Leah tell you.”

“Thank you, Beta,” I say in a low voice

“Thank you for taking

T

care of my

one last nod of respect, before leaving

room.

simply stand there

silent tears soaking the front of my

angry that she found out

one who told

did he even hope to achieve

forbid anyone from

olish to think Leah would never learn the truth, but I’d

could now see was

to tell her the truth-that Ethan is alive and well-except if that ends

this pain and more-we

believe that once Leah knows the full truth-and I would tell her soon, I vowed it on all of my ancestors-she will forgive me once she understands I’m doing it to save

was sitting earlier, and we both

crying so much. “Why you didn’t want to be around me, why you’ve been

tears stream down her

tighter.

her, because I honestly

to find them, and then they’ll

sits away from me a little to look at

look sad any

kind of wrath I’ve

for a moment. “If I can stand strong and hold my oldest friend accountable for betraying me, then you can be sure I can make our enemies wish they’d never had

She’s right.

I didn’t

I didn’t have to.

of the strongest, bravest wolves

that happened the night Liam betrayed her

travesty.

Alpha powers.

she can

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