Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 259

It’s not until we roll into the wide, circular driveway that it

finally hits me.

“Oh my god!” I gasp, my hand flying over to clamp on James’s

forearm.

“What’s wrong?” James asks with wide eyes, his head. snapping around as if looking for a threat.

“When Aaron died, where did his Alpha powers go? Not just the Rathborn powers, but for all three Alphas?” I demand.

James opens his mouth, but then seems to realize he doesn’t have an answer. “I don’t know.”

“You don’t think-” My heart seizes like I’ve been shocked with

a livewire. “Ethan.”

James’s expression immediately drops into one of dread. “He was fine when I left him-”

I don’t even bother to wait for James to finish.

If Alpha powers aren’t purposefully deemed an heir–like my father did with me by having Adam inject me with my father’s

blood–or they’re not intercepted by another powerful Alpha

in combat, and again with blood–like Aaron did when he took

powers the night

go to the next

case is

house, and then realize I don’t

start looking for him in this giant mansion.

passing by, and I grab

Ethan?” I demand

his crib, napping,” she replies

her go and run for the door as James finally catches up

tossing an apology and some

as he goes

seeing was in Aaron’s bedroom,

breathless and already prepared for

losing

expecting another blow.

his crib, right where the housekeeper said he

would be.

And he’s fine.

kicking his legs–not napping, but also content to be staring up at the colorful mobile someone has hung with little wolf, moon and

in relief, and then my knees give out so that I end up kneeling next to

My whole world.

piece of Aaron.

:

thank God,” James says from just above me,

realize he

my shoulder and

do without him?” I whisper,