Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 230

AARON

The slaug hter I find at the cabin is worse than the carnage I left behind at the factory where we fought Tobin and his men.

All of the guys I left behind to protect the property are dead.

Every single one of them.

Starting with the guys manning the gate and outer perimeter, all the way up the mountain to the cabin itself.

I can’t even imagine the number of wolves it must have taken to overwhelm and defeat my most highly-trained men.

My heart feels like it’s being slowly torn out of my chest as I desperately run into the cabin, only to find more of the same.

My dead men, and their last line of defense.

Worse, Lillian wasn’t spared.

I know in my heart she would have done everything to protect Ethan right up to her last dying breath.

I st agger a little as I walk through the cabin

I don’t know if I can bring myself to walk into Ethan’s nursery.

I

my infant son in his crib, it will

be broken, and nothing in the world will be able to pull me back from the

have to know, so I force my legs to carry me the rest

untouched, as if the tide of violence didn’t quite reach

no sign of blood or other trauma left

noticing a

baby bag, car capsule, teddies, a blanket that’s usually on

the cabin, forcing myself to ignore the

kitchen, while Ethan’s bottles of milk are made up for the day, Labeled and still stored in the fridge, some of his spare bottles and the tin of baby formula

inside me, and my relief is so acute, I have to drop to my knees right

bunch of stuff with the clear intention

or easier, but at least now I know he’s not dead, and maybe they don’t intend to kill

the immediate need to get him back as soon as possible, I know I have to

her sooner, I

of this would’ve happened if

at the factory instead

be dead by now, and had organized to have my son snat ched at the very same moment he was killing

But to what end?

he have instructed his men to take my

start, and I vow I’m going to rip apart every possible location from foundations to ceilings until I’ve found my son, or someone tells

no matter how worried they are about me making a play for

I didn’t commit-and it helps me find Ethan that much faster, I