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.

up with

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

hurry into the

Aaron, so he must

way or another, I’m

simply sit by and let Aaron dictate the terms of my life

he can do better than that. We can work as a team, and it’s so much better than the back-and-forth, unbalanced

I reach the main factory floor, I find James and Ryker talking, while their men are gathering up the bodies of Tobin’s pack to be dealt with.

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

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

not even over after

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

seems like everytime we’re going to solve a problem, it

off the way Aaron did

of

I hurry up to

if he’s checking I’m not injured. “We should get you home. There’s no need for you to stay here any longer. Our guys are taking care of

is obviously

whether from my imperious tone, or my refusal to agree with James’s plan to

leave you to sort out Lama Leah’s wishes,” Ryker says, sending me a nod of polite respect,

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

“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 ever given me credit

a hand

can see he’s

the same time, he clearly feels bound by Aaron’s orders as his

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