Chapter 240

LEAH

I wake up in Aaron’s huge bed at the Rathborn mansion.

My whole body hurts, but I can feel a new strength to my wolf

She is Alpha now, and it’s like I went from driving a tiny compact sedan to some kind of super powerful truck.

She has powers that are nothing short of amazing and she instinctively knows how to use them.

I’m in awe of her, and once again grateful that I even got to have her, after so many years of thinking I never would have a wolf of my very own, only to discover the travesty of my father binding her when I was young

I can’t believe I’ve regained Alpha powers.

At least this time it didn’t feel like it was going to kill me. It was painful and unpleasant, yes, but not absolutely agonizing.

Except this time, I’m Alpha to a pack I don’t even know, and I have no idea if they’ll even accept me as pack leader.

I sit up and see someone has placed a crib in one corner of the

room

Immediately, I get up and rush over, only to be disappointed when I find it empty.

I hurry out of Aaron’s room and head downstairs.

When I get to the bottom of the steps, I hear the sound of Aaron’s laughter.

It’s a sound I’ve heard rarely-Aaron has always been so serious, not that I can blame him considering how his life unfolded-but I don’t think I’ve ever heard Aaron sound as carefree as he does with whatever he found so funny just now

I follow the sound, until I arrive at the library

I push open the door and walk in to find Aaron lying on his back on the soft rug in front of the hearth.

burning, and Aaron has his shirt

his father, but hasn’t quite figured out the coordination to manage it yet. Ethan is cooing and drooling all over Aaron, but

I don’t think I’ve ever

sting my eyes, and next thing I know,

happier than I am in this moment, seeing how

he is.

dreams, I envisaged

I never thought

come true

me, immediately becoming concerned because I’m standing there

catches Ethan securely against his chest and rolls to his feet,

Ethan with one arm and pull

I thought you were okay

fine,” I managed to s ob out. “I just saw you there with Ethan and it made me so happy… I never thought I would

you would love me, or I would get to see our son born, let alone see what a

anything else because I’m

and I’ve never felt anything more wonderful than being held in his

I swear I

you, too,” I tell him, feeling like I’m in some sort of

grounded in a way I

you come and sit with us for a while?” Aaron says, leading ine over to the plush rug where he’d been

over

to the fire, keeping the

to roll over,” Aaron tells me once he returns

on the ground, and immediately

sight, especially with how pleased Ethan seems with

his chubby

at the soft

his knees underneath him, an adorable look of baby-concentration on his face, as if he’s ready

six months, maybe not even until he’s ten or twelve months,” Aaron says to

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