Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 279

AARON

All of my senses are on high alert as we leave the house and

hurry down the block to where James parked the SUV.

It’s like I can feel the threat of Vampires dragging over my

skin.

I can’t believe Leah and James risked coming here to rescue

me.

Actually, I can’t believe Karolina was foolish or desperate enough not to be discovered by her fellow Councilmembers stealing all of my Alpha power for herself, that she would risk.

coming into Vampire territory.

This isn’t like some bit of Twilight, with some peaceful co-existence ala the Cullens. We’re sworn enemies, and our species staunchly avoid each other.

We jump into the SUV and Leah insists on driving since she’s in

the best condition out of us all.

James gets into the backseat and immediately shifts to finish healing his head trauma that’d looked really nasty. Probably

Neither me nor Leah say anything as she starts driving, navigating out of the suburban streets to leave the run-down neighborhood and Vampire territory behind us, both of us tool

on edge until we know we’re in safer lands.

off the highway into one of those picnic rest stops. There aren’t

the car into a parking

okay?” I ask,

doesn’t answer me, but wordlessly climbs out

around to

climb out and

find her standing there, her head bowed

shaking as she

alarm, quickly stepping in to pull her tightly into my arms.

my neck,

by the

were dead, Aaron. I thought you were gone. I thought Ethan and I were somehow

too hard to say anything

same thing, that you didn’t

looks up

I wonder

as she does in this

in confusion. “Why

that?”

don’t know,” I tell her, running my hand over her soft, silky curls. “Maybe they knew we wouldn’t

we wouldn’t let anything or anyone stand

smiling through

for you. Nothing in this life

us apart.”

d, I love this

to tell

of longing

immediately goes pliant against me, and it

thing I know, I’ve got her pinned up against the back of the SUV with her legs wrapped around my waist