All Chapters of Alpha Aidan's Rejection: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

AIDANFrom the moment I drove through the borders of Attica pack, I got swarmed with work. I could barely see through the pile of documents that had grown up in my office during my absence, so it was only fitting that I spent the next few days knee-deep in work.I barely ate and had a meager amount of sleep each night, and my routine was working late hours in the office, and returning to my home office to continue from where I stopped.Thankfully, Vermont pack was in good hands as I left things in the care of Jace and Jenna, the lady who didn’t give two shits about me. She was fearless and put the interest of her packmates before others, so I knew that together with Jace, they would be fine until I returned and found a permanent way to run things.Coupled with the fact that I suspected something going on between the two of them—Jace and Jenna—, I was sure they were going to work together just fine.It was a hot Wednesday afternoon, and I was having a meeting with my real estate attorn

AIDAN“Eight years ago was a long time, man,” Jace said from the other end of the phone as I buried my head in my desk, going through the contracts that needed my review and signatures. “Hell, this was more than eight years. It’s close to nine, if not over..”“So what’s your point?” I asked gruffly.“It’s going to be so difficult, if not impossible to get any information as to what happened with Tara on that day. Don’t forget that to every other person, it was just a normal day. It could be that she just packed up her things and left after you didn’t want her. Did you think about that?” Jace asked.I shook my head. That was possible, but when there was history like this surrounding what happened with Tara, something told me that my father was involved.I knew it.Most of it was my fault, and I could have avoided it if I tried a little harder, but if my father had found out, then he would have wanted to harm Tara, and if she was aware and ran because of that, the trauma from it may be

TARAAlthough the call with Aidan yesterday felt rushed since he had to go attend to what I was sure was a knock on his door, I couldn’t help but feel like part of the reason why Aidan didn’t disclose that he was coming back was my fault.I hoped he didn’t think that I didn’t want to talk to him, but it might have sounded that way. I had to save Nadia from a bad fall, so whatever I was saying got stuck, and he could have taken it to mean that I didn’t want to speak with him.Well, he was here now, and that was some relief for what it was worth.Aidan shook his head in response to my last question.“Nothing happened. I’ve gotten what I needed, so I didn’t have to stay away anymore. I’m right where I should be.”I nodded. “Okay then. Welcome back.”“I’ve got some things in the car. Will you come look?” There was hope shining in Aidan’s eyes, and for the fact that Nadia was already tugging Aidan in the direction of the door, I nodded.“Okay, but let me just close up.”“You’re done here?”

AIDANI wanted more.I wanted everything, but Tara seemed to not, or she was in a battle with herself. I wanted to hold her and tell her that it was all going to be alright and that I was just as scared as she was, but she ran away from me so fast, it was like her feet were on fire.She needed space to think, so I stayed in the office on the same floor that she was, giving her exactly that—space. As much as I could though. I tuned everything else out, listening closely for her heartbeat to make sure that she wasn’t having a mental breakdown or berating herself.No one had the right to do that to her, not even Tara herself.It didn’t take long for me to get lost in thought, thinking about the feel of her skin against mine, her in my arms, our hearts thrashing against our chests almost at the same fucking rate, her taste.Goddess.My body was still stiff with arousal, and it was so hard to maintain control over my desires.I was so deep in thought that I practically lost track of how mu

__EARLIER THAT DAY__ AIDAN “How many more papers do I need to sign?” I asked with an exhausted grunt to my attorney over the phone. Barely an hour after landing in Vermont pack, they were already calling me from Attica to sort out shit. Couldn’t they understand that all I wanted was to get changed, and go see my family? The thought of seeing the looks of surprise and then excitement on Tara and Nadia’s face when they got their gifts made my chest lighten and put me in a considerably better mood to take the call. I put the phone on speaker and tossed it where I could see it as I took off my flight clothes in the closet of my hotel suite. The attorney responded cautiously. “We need two guardian’s signatures for the school enrollment, Alpha. And one final signature for the…ehh…new place of business.” A growl rattled my chest. “One guardian is all we have, so make it do!” I sighed in agitation. How hard could it be to register a child on a new school? I really needed this to work