Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 297

LEAH

I hold Ethan closer trying to calm him, but with the feeling of malevolence in the air, I can’t blame my son for the way he’s screaming.

“Evacuate the pack to the emergency bunker,” Aaron tells me in a low voice.

“What’s happening?” I whisper fearfully, even though I doubt he has any more of an idea than I do.

“I’m not sure. It feels like-But it can’t be. It doesn’t make sense,” Aaron replies. “You oversee the evacuation, I need to head down to the front gate. They’re not answering my calls.”

My stomach pitches with anxiety.

If the sentries at the gate aren’t answering Aaron’s calls-maybe because they can’t-then something bad must have happened.

Aaron tugs me in for a quick kiss, and then I turn to James, who is standing alert nearby.

“We need to begin evacuating to the emergency bunker,” I say to

him..

He nods and starts off to do just that, but in that moment,

there’s this loud bang that echoes through the house.

James starts herding freaked out pack members through the house, but I turn and follow Aaron where he’s hurrying toward the front of the mansion and the source of that loud banging noise.

Halfway down the hallway, this dark, icy cold, terrible wave of power washes over me, and my footsteps falter.

Ethan isn’t crying anymore, he’s quietened down to whimpering, his face turned into my chest.

close to the wall, keeping an eye on

people might not

men and a woman, all ethereally

but I’ve got absolutely no doubt that’s

how many ancient treaties

somehow look bored and maliciously gleeful at

coming onto vampire territory and interfering with things you had no

wel dog nose into,” one of the vampires says in return, in

didn’t set foot on your territory willingly,” Aaron replies co oly.

Karolina, we know,” the woman says, crossing her arms. “But your mate and her lap dog certainly had a choice when they

doesn’t say anything, but I can see the tension running through

me. We left as soon as

third vampire says, and

I know that voice.

But it can’t be.

It doesn’t make sense.

sounds like the military contact Liam-and even 1-spoke to regularly about the ongoing progress of the

weapon.

we started with Liam Roberts,” the familiar-sounding vampire says, and right in

were designing and building for us,” the vampire finishes, and I can see Aaron trying not to react to this

see his wolf rippling under the surface of his skin, wanting to shift, to lash out at

working with you?” Aaron demands, disgust dripping

believe it

he only told me it was a military contract because he knew I wouldn’t take it well if I found

knew who

said, about what Karolina

I’m confused and terrified.