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 with it

do me any good once he

the

called Aaron, so he must

or another, I’m going to find

by and let Aaron dictate the terms of my life any

work as a team, and it’s so much

I find James and Ryker talking, while their men are gathering up the bodies of Tobin’s pack to be dealt with. They’re tossing them in a pile, and I know from other skirmishes, their bodies will be taken to a

our own who were killed are being handled gently, taken out to a van to

terrible that some of our men-and Ryker’s men-lost their lives defending Aaron and myself, all because

even over after

with Tobin, and we still don’t know what happened to

solve a problem, it

way Aaron

of that when I catch

I

checking I’m not injured. “We should get you home. There’s no

tell him stubbornly, which he is obviously not impressed about. “You’re taking me to wherever Aaron

imperious tone, or my refusal to agree

Ryker says, sending me a nod

tone as he turns

arms. “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

a hand

see

saying, but at the same time, he clearly feels bound by

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