Chapter 113


    “I’ve been thinking about your father’s motives for severing your wolf,” Aaron tells mé.


    We’re on horses, riding out on the back stretch of his property.


    There are miles of fields and endless trails through the


    backcountry.


    I wanted to go back to Pack Roberts this morning.


    Aaron convinced me to go for a ride before he dr ove me back.


    I was too tired to argue.


    So I drank a big ss of orange juice. Ate the omelet chef made for me and mounted up on this docile


    mare named Daisy. I’ve ridden her a few times in the past, although rides for ‘fun’ weren’tmon. I’d


    asionally get tasked to run the fenceline or do a perimeter patrol, but more often than not, I was left


    inside the mansion to read or study or research


    investment opportunities.


    “Okay,” I say. “I’ll bite. Why did my dad do it?”


    “Because of me.”


    I chew on that for a second. It tracks. “Because as a wolf,


    you could mate me fully. It would solidify your im to Pack


    Roberts.”


    “Yes.” He rubs his chest. “Your father destroyed any possibility


    of you connecting with your mate.”


    He looks murderous.


    His stallion is a good three hands taller than my mare. Aaron pulls back on his reins so my horse can


    keep pace. He looks straight ahead rather than at me when he adds: “And I think your dad did it


    because of the children we would have.”


    I gasp.


    He nces at me sharply. “Our kids would be the true heirs to both packs. They’d embody the peace


    that you and I began.”


    “And my dad never wanted that.”


    “No. All evidence points to the contrary.”


    “So why bother making me his sessor?”


    Aaron draws his horse to a halt. He leans forward to rub the stallion’s neck. “Guilt? Ast f**k-you to


    me, maybe? Your father never thought our rtionship was good or real-”


    “It wasn’t.”


    He growls.


    My horse sidesteps, and I pat her nk to calm her.


    “It was the only way to get you away from me, Leah, and still


    preserve the peace.”


    Maybe. But I’m not so sure. He could’ve, you know, talked to


    me. My father could have taken the time to ask what I wanted or needed. He could’ve spared me the


    horror of hearing him


    So much time and energy and pain. And it’s all for naught.


    Aaron is still as powerful as ever.


    The Council won’t allow me to continue to rule.


    I’m dying and will have no freedom or peace.


    And we will forever be bound to Pack Rathborne…because I’m


    having Aaron’s baby.


    “Stay here, Leah.”


    “You know I can’t.”


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    “You don’t have to physically be on Robertsnds to affect changes. I’m handling Pack Leithrow


    remotely. You can do the


    same.”


    “It’s not the same. And it’s not how I want people to remember me, as a frail Alpha who spent her time


    hiding.”


    “Remember you? You going somewhere?”


    I nch.


    I’m not good at lying and I’m carrying too many falsehoods to keep them straight. “Let’s head back,


    Aaron. There’s a lot to do and not as much time as we think.”