Chapter 231-

Leah hurries toward me, and I can see she’s pale and confused about all the carnage she’s found on this mountain.

The place where I brought her for a romantic getaway when things between us were beginning to change.

The place where she almost died on me the first time, because I had no idea her fragile human body was dying from cancer,

At this point, I’m not even surprised James brought her here, though I do shoot him an angry look, which he shrugs off as if to say it’s my own fault.

He’s probably not wrong.

And maybe this is better.

Maybe by Leah seeing the lengths our enemies are willing to go to in order to strike against me, she’ll better understand why I did what I needed to do.

“Aaron,” she whispers as she stops in front of me. “What happened here?”

“Our enemies attacked,” I said. “Maybe Tobin, because he knew I wouldn’t be here, and wouldn’t be able to stop this from happening”

“Stop what from happening?” Leah asks me in confusion.

of answering, I step aside so she can walk into

another look of confusion,

pauses at the sight of

And Lillian

nanny doing here?” she asks, shaking her head sadly.

words

wish I could do anything to save her from the pain

then something catches her eye on the

rushes over and sn atches up the framed photo Lillian put up

and immediately, tears stream down her

I reply, and she looks up sharply. “Our son,

then she notices the door to the nursery standing open, and rushes across

the doorway as she stands in the middle of the

it all in, she reaches into the crib and reverently

up to her face, and scents her son for the first

is one of love and longing and even deeper

she says slowly, and I can see the truth dawning on her features. “This scent is fresh.

what else is there

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