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

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

hurry into the

called Aaron, so he must

way or another, I’m

to simply sit by and let Aaron dictate the

We can work as a team, and it’s so much better than the

the bodies of Tobin’s pack to be dealt with.

handled gently, taken out to a van to be transported back to pack lands

Ryker’s men-lost their lives defending Aaron and myself, all because Tobin was making some power-crazed

not even

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

solve a

and running off the way Aaron did just now-isn’t

need to remind him of

say as I hurry up to

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

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

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

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

says in an overly patient tone as he turns to me. “Aaron gave me

time and again that I’m capable of far more than anyone has ever given me credit for?

hand through his

see

with what I’m saying, but at the same time, he clearly feels bound by Aaron’s orders

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