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.

to the wall, keeping an eye on Aaron as he slows and three people come

people might not

and a woman, all

in person before, but I’ve got absolutely no doubt that’s what

you doing here?” Aaron demands in a hard voice. “Do you know how many ancient treaties you’ve broken by setting foot on wolf territory? By arriving unannounced

vampires somehow look bored and maliciously gleeful at the

onto vampire territory and interfering with things

the vampires says

territory willingly,” Aaron

the woman says, crossing her arms. “But your mate and her

through his shoulders, how

they did was rescue me. We left as soon as we were able.

you did,” the third vampire says, and my entire body freezes, my blood turning to

I know that voice.

But it can’t be.

It doesn’t make sense.

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

weapon.

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

were designing and building for us,” the vampire

practically see his wolf rippling under the surface of his skin,

were working with you?” Aaron demands, disgust

believe

lie? Maybe he only told me it was a

Karolina knew who she was working

the things Ryker said, about what Karolina

I’m confused and terrified.