Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 267

LEAH

I don’t know why I’m surprised to find out Emily and Jessica were best friends, considering Aaron and James are equally close, and they all grew up together.

I climb slowly out of the SUV and then walk around to join James.

“Did you know she was coming home?” I ask him, trying to

keep the accusation out of my voice.

He knows how contentious things have been between me and Jessica over the years, with Aaron firmly in the middle. The least he could have done was given me a heads up.

“No, I didn’t know,” James says, shaking his head.

I can tell he’s being truthful, so that alleviates some of my annoyance at least.

Aaron had mentioned that Jessica had taken an extended vacation and gone to stay with some relatives in another pack somewhere–at his expense of course–and it’d been easy to put her from my mind and simply believe she might never

come back.

Her timing, however, couldn’t have been worse.

I don’t want to have to deal with her and all that petty rivalry right now with everything else going on.

Eventually, Emily and Jessica are over the shock of their

unexpected reunion and I slowly walk toward the mansion, debating whether I should ask Jessica why she’s come back.

As I get closer, her eyes narrow, and that pretty much seals

the deal for me.

Jessica and her nastiness are not worth my time or energy right now.

I ignore her and keep walking, but I can hear her and Emily whispering between themselves, and know they’re talking

about me.

am, and Jessica hates me for what

thinks I took

is no way in which having them together

I reach the doorway, I hear James

know you were coming home,” he says, and

inside the doorway where they can’t hear

listen in.

could I not come home? I

Aaron. Basically, every wolf in Montana is talking

to come home as soon as I heard. Aaron was the

my mate. I needed to be here for

the funeral.”

walk away, not waiting to hear what James

response to that.

an old, familiar

doesn’t have the right to claim

life.

real love even

Aaron and I shared was nothing

I came along.

and grounds, acting like she’s the widow and her whole

welfare of the packs and running the businesses.

she’ll go back to

Emily back in the picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica

go upstairs and find Ethan with Tera. As I’d hoped, it’s time for his

new nursery that James put together

in a room across from Aaron’s bedroom, and

did a

chair to sit

Ethan, and I

my arms, fussing for his bottle.

he starts greedily gulping down his milk, I smile and feel grateful for this small slice of quiet and

and far between, with our lives being so complicated like they are, so I want to make sure I treasure the times when its just me

and Ethan starts lulling off to sleep, my mind starts going back to