SWNOVELS Chapter 279
Chapter 279
AARON
All of my senses are on high alert as we leave the house and
hurry down the block to where James parked the SUV.
It’s like I can feel the threat of Vampires dragging over my
skin.
I can’t believe Leah and James risked coming here to rescue
me.
Actually, I can’t believe Karolina was foolish or desperate enough not to be discovered by her fellow Councilmembers stealing all
of my Alpha power for herself, that she would risk.
coming into Vampire territory.
This isn’t like some bit of Twilight, with some peaceful co-existence ala the Cullens. We’re sworn enemies, and our species
staunchly avoid each other.
We jump into the SUV and Leah insists on driving since she’s in
the best condition out of us all.
James gets into the backseat and immediately shifts to finish healing his head trauma that’d looked really nasty. Probably
Neither me nor Leah say anything as she starts driving, navigating out of the suburban streets to leave the run-down
neighborhood and Vampire territory behind us, both of us tool
on edge until we know we’re in safer lands.
A while later, Leah suddenly pulls off the highway into one of those picnic rest stops. There aren’t any other vehicles parked
there right now, so the place is empty.
Leah pulls the car into a parking space and cuts the engine.
“Leah, is everything okay?” I ask, wondering why she’s stopped so suddenly.
She doesn’t answer me, but wordlessly climbs out of the SUV
and walks around to the back.
Confused, I climb out and go to join her.
I find her standing there, her head bowed into her hands, and
her shoulders shaking as she cries.
“Leah!” I say in alarm, quickly stepping in to pull her tightly into my arms. “What’s happening? What’s wrong?”
She buries her face into my neck, and my skin is instantly wet
and scalded by the heat of her tears.
“They told me you were dead, Aaron. I thought you were gone. I thought Ethan and I were somehow going to have to live our
lives without you. Do you have any idea-”
She breaks off then, crying too hard to say anything else.
“Yeah, actually, I do,” I tell her. “They told me the same thing, that you didn’t survive breaking the mating bond. I thought you
were dead as well.”
This seems to quiet some of her tears, and she looks up at me, lashes damp and sparkling with tears, her hair tousled
and my entire body aches as I wonder if she’s ever looked as
beautiful as she does in this moment.
“They did?” she whispers in confusion. “Why would they do
that?”
“I don’t know,” I tell her, running my hand over her soft, silky curls. “Maybe they knew we wouldn’t stop coming for each
other, that we wouldn’t let anything or anyone stand in the way of us being together.”
“It’s true,” she replies, smiling through her tears. “I would never
stop coming for you. Nothing in this life or the next can keep
us apart.”
G d, I love this woman.
But I don’t have the words to tell her that, instead I drag
her into a kiss, putting every ounce of longing and love into claiming her mouth beneath mine.
Leah immediately goes pliant against me, and it sends both me and my wolf crazy.
Next thing I know, I’ve got her pinned up against the back of the SUV with her legs wrapped around my waist as I kiss her
deeper and more desperately.
This isn’t the time or place, but f ck, I want her so badly right
now.
I let us indulge for a few more long minutes.
All I want to do it take her home, throw her into my bed and then keep her naked and begging for the next week straight.
But we can’t pretend like the rest of the world doesn’t exist.
Countless lives could depend on me and Leah finding the Al
tech and stopping the Council from misusing it.
Eventually I reluctantly break the kiss but rest my forehead
against Leah’s as we both catch our breath and try to come down from the high.
“I love you,” I murmur to her, even though love is too simple words to describe the things I feel for her.
“I love you too,” she whispers in return with a smile. “I can’t wait to go home to Ethan so we can finally start our lives.
together.”
I step back and let her slip down to stand on her own feet. “Me too. But first, let’s go get this da ned software back once and
for all.”