Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 271

“I don’t know,” Aaron says with a smile. “I was hoping you

could tell me. It feels familiar, but I don’t think I’ve ever been here before.”

“That’s exactly what I thought!” I reply with a laugh, before simply staring up at him in awe.

“I can’t believe you’re here. I thought I’d never see you again,” I say, hugging him closer.

“Now it’s my turn to say that’s exactly what I thought,” Aaron jokes, squeezing me tighter. “Go d, I miss you, Leah. I don’t know what I’m meant to do without you.”

“I miss you too, Aaron,” I say quietly, and the sadness starts

creeping in, even though I just want to enjoy this moment and feel the joy of being with him again, even if on some level I know this isn’t real. That I’m dreaming. That eventually I’m going to wake up and be without him again.

Except my wolf is nudging me from within.

She’s trying to tell me that this is real, and Aaron isn’t gone.

I ignore her.

I’m sure it’s just wishful thinking on her part.

Because she misses her mate as much as I do.

I don’t want to think about reality right now. I just want to savor every single second I’m here with him in this magical

place.

We stand there for a while longer, just holding onto each

other.

has ceased to have

we simply stand

how we were first mated, how Aaron

our bond transcends anything logical

I think there must be some real truth to

and it feel as real as any

shifts back a

wrong-scared he’s going to tell me

that it takes my breath away and

me to the soft meadow

but now that it’s happening, I don’t want anything else except to

as one.

as close to him as possible,

think, if we can connect so completely, surely, I can bring him back to me from beyond wherever he

all, Aaron did it

it for him

lovingly worships my body until I’m nothing but a

does Aaron join us, and he’s

in tune with

the same heart

to incredible heights over and over, and

want this to end.

exist in this perfect

I have learned over and over in this life-and then Aaron is shouting his pleasure as he comes deep

sun on our bare skin, breathing

says after a while. “I wish you would come back to me.

feeling confused. “What do you mean? I’m not

confused and sits up as well. “Leah, don’t you

course I do!” I say, trying to keep the distress at bay, but not succeeding very well. “We broke the mating bond, and I lost you. I’ll never