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.

me for who I am, and

I took from her.

is no way in which having them together and against me is going

I hear

didn’t know you were coming

doorway where they can’t

listen in.

I not come home? I

wolf in Montana is talking about

come home as soon as I heard. Aaron was the

have been my mate. I

the funeral.”

away, not waiting to

response to that.

with an old, familiar churn of jealousy

to claim

life.

what real love even feels like.

connection that Aaron and I shared was nothing compared to whatever young

came along.

and her whole life is

the packs and

she’ll go back to

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

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

that James put together while

across from Aaron’s bedroom, and I have to say,

did a wonderful

recliner/rocker chair to sit

settling Ethan, and I sink into the comfortable chair

in my arms,

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

moments are few 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 him, and things are

and Ethan starts lulling off to sleep, my mind