Chapter 229

LEAH

One moment Aaron is loving and open with me, the next I see him totally shut down when he gets a phone call from James.

It’s like watching him become a completely different person.

He becomes cold and indifferent, just like he used to be with me.

It feels like getting a bucket of ice water dumped over me.

I don’t understand what could have caused such a reaction from him.

But it must be something bad.

Something really bad.

“Aaron, what’s wrong?” I ask reaching for him, but he evades my touch.

“I have to go,” he replies, slipping his cell phone away and avoiding my gaze.

“Aaron, wait” I say, trying to keep the confusion and desperation out of my voice as he starts to walk away from me.

“Go find James and Ryker, they’ll make sure you get home safe,” he tells me, tossing the words carelessly over his shoulder, before disappearing into the shadows

“Dam n it, Aaron” I shout after him, frustrated that after everything. we’ve come right back around to this.

I’m not putting up

about following his scent trail, but that won’t do me any

hurry into the abandoned factory

so he must know

I’m

refuse to simply sit by and let Aaron dictate the terms of my

can work as a team, and it’s so much better than the back-and-forth, unbalanced

bodies of Tobin’s pack to be dealt with. They’re tossing them in a pile, and I know from other

killed are being handled gently, taken out to a van to be transported back to pack lands for the

their lives defending Aaron and myself, all because Tobin

even

don’t know what

going to solve a problem, it somehow ends

off the way Aaron did just now-isn’t

just need to remind him of that

I hurry up to

you home. There’s no need for you to stay here any longer. Our guys are taking care of

obviously not impressed about. “You’re taking me

whether from my imperious tone, or my refusal to agree with

Leah’s wishes,” Ryker says, sending me a

an overly patient tone as he turns to me. “Aaron gave me strict instructions to take

“Tm fully aware of Aaron’s penchant for giving orders that he thinks are for my own good. But haven’t I proven time and again that I’m capable of far more than anyone has

hand through

see

same time, he clearly

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