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,

I took

together and against me is going to

the doorway, I hear

I didn’t know you were coming home,”

inside the doorway where they can’t

listen in.

come home? I heard about what

wolf in Montana is

home as soon as I heard. Aaron was

have been my mate. I needed to be here for

the funeral.”

not waiting to hear what James says

response to that.

my stomach tighten with an old, familiar churn of jealousy and

have the right to claim Aaron was the

life.

what real love even feels like.

I shared was nothing compared to whatever young romance they had

I came

and her whole life is over while I do the real work of looking

the packs

have a clue, and I can only hope she’ll go back to wherever she was once the funeral is over.

I get the feeling hoping

Tera. As I’d hoped,

together while

across from Aaron’s bedroom, and I have

a wonderful job.

recliner/rocker chair to

Ethan, and I sink into

in my arms, fussing

grateful for this small slice of quiet and peace with

want to make

bottle empties and Ethan starts lulling off to