Chapter 185


    LEAH


    My legs are weak as I walk toward Aaron.


    Go d, I miss him.


    thought my feelings for him before were strong.


    But now that I have my wolf, now that we’re mated, the emotions that storm through me-love, so bright


    and pure it


    hurts-makes anything I felt in the past pale inparison.


    He’s wearing a perfectly tailored three-piece suit, molded to the muscles of his body like he just


    stepped off a GQ cover.


    I can’t ever remember him looking so good.


    I can’t ever remember wanting him this much.


    Part of me has always wanted Aaron.


    At first, I wanted his approval in childish innocence.


    Later as a moody teenager, I would do almost anything to get his attention, good or bad.


    Then, he introduced me to the pleasures to be found between a man and a woman, and I’d y games


    of teasing and


    seduction.


    Now, in this moment, I want him in a way that eclipses. anything else that ever came before it.


    This isn’t simple lust.


    This is a tidal pull on a cellr level, the same way the moon. drags the oceans to its whims.


    This is the kind of love they write songs and make movies


    about. A once-in-a-lifetime fairytale kind of love.


    But how can it hurt so much at the same time?


    His eyes subtly glow as I get closer, and I can sense he’s not as


    immune as he’d like me to believe.


    However, his gaze eventually cuts away from me to focus on


    James, who followed me over.


    “Beta. How have things been?” Aaron asks James instead of addressing me directly, which is just


    infuriating.


    “Interesting,” James replies, and I feel him move closer and


    angle his body toward mine.


    The action is mostly innocent and protective, but we all know it’s almost verging on a im, and Aaron


    immediately starts bristling, even as James puts his shoulders back like he’s hoping Aaron will start


    something.


    Standing between these two powerful males is a heady thrill, but I can’t have them fighting over me.


    “Why am I here, Aaron?” I ask in an impatient voice, bringing


    his attention back to me.


    “We have a problem to solve, remember?” Aaron says


    arrogantly.


    He wraps his fingers around my elbow and tugs me forward-pointedly away from James-and the heat


    of his fingers is a sensual shock to my system.


    “You and the rest of the guys set up a perimeter,” Aaron tells James. “I’ll call you if I need anything.”


    “Is that okay with you, Luna?” James stubbornly asks, making Aaron growl.


    “You answer to me, not her,” Aaron snarls.


    “You ordered me to protect her with my life, which I’ve done,” James replies, his features drawing into a


    dark re. “By your


    own admission, yes, in fact, I do answer to her.


    “Know your ce!,” Aaron snaps back in response.


    James cuts his gaze to mine, something heated and intimate


    in his eyes.


    I know he’s doing it just to pis s off Aaron-a dangerous ploy, for sure-but it still makes my cheeks get


    warm and


    undoubtedly go bright red.


    “Oh yeah,” James drawls. “I definitely know my ce.”


    Before Aaron can respond-or hit him-James turns and signals.


    to the other guys, moving off to set up the security Aaron


    ordered.


    This time when Aaron tugs on my arm, it’s far less gentle, his.


    grip now almost bruising.


    He drags me toward the building, and as soon as we’re inside, he’s got me shoved up against the wall,


    his powerful body


    pressing into me everywhere making my senses go haywire.


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    “What the hell is going on between you and my Beta?”