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.

wall, keeping an eye on Aaron as he slows

people might not be the right

and a

before, but I’ve got

are you doing here?” Aaron demands in a hard voice. “Do you know how many ancient

somehow look bored and maliciously gleeful

coming onto vampire territory

nose into,” one of the vampires says in return, in this

your territory willingly,” Aaron replies

says, crossing her arms. “But your mate and her lap dog certainly had a choice when they followed after

but I can see the tension running through his shoulders, how he’s on high alert and

soon as we were able. We didn’t

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

I know that voice.

But it can’t be.

It doesn’t make sense.

vampire sounds like the military contact Liam-and even 1-spoke

weapon.

finishing up a deal we started with Liam Roberts,” the familiar-sounding vampire says, and right

tech the Roberts pack were designing and building for us,” the vampire finishes, and

can practically see his wolf rippling under the surface of his skin, wanting to shift, to lash out at the danger and defend

Liam were working with you?” Aaron

can’t believe it

his supposed military contact was actually a vampire? Or was he taken in by the lie? Maybe he only told me it was a military contract because he knew I wouldn’t take it well if

knew who she was

the things Ryker said, about what Karolina was doing going

I’m confused and terrified.