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.

hates me for who I am, and Jessica

I took

having them together

I

I didn’t know you were coming home,” he says, and

inside the doorway where they can’t

listen in.

I not come home? I heard about

wolf in Montana is talking

soon as I heard. Aaron was

have been my mate. I needed to be

the funeral.”

waiting to hear what James says

response to that.

tighten with an old, familiar churn

right to claim Aaron was

life.

knows what real love

of soul–deep connection that Aaron and I shared was nothing compared to

I came along.

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

welfare of the packs and running the businesses.

clue, and I can only hope she’ll go back to

Emily back in the picture, I get the feeling hoping Jessica will leave might

with Tera. As I’d hoped, it’s

together while Aaron and I were

room across from Aaron’s bedroom, and I

a

a comfortable recliner/rocker chair to

I sink into the comfortable chair

in my arms, fussing for his

grateful

want to

as the bottle empties and Ethan starts lulling off to