Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 21

LEAH

Wolves don’t beg.

They don’t grovel or back down,

A pack’s value comes from its strength.

I tilt my chin up.

I may be on my knees, but it doesn’t make me weak.

My will is strong. So is my willingness to fix this mess I’ve made.

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If Aaron won’t be reasonable then I will rely on the mercy of this Council.

“Ma’am Karolina, are we not all wolves?” I say.

Her lips purse. It’s a not so subtle reminder that everyone here is a wolf-except me.

“Our numbers are low,” I press on. “Our strength is tied to our

unity as a species. There must be justice, yes, but also mercy

and understanding so that every member of every pack might thrive. So that we can prosper as a species.”

She inclines her head encouraging me to continue.

my life greater purpose and meaning. I’m dying. I can’t

our collective packs-1, Leah Roberts Rathborn would

Council member Karolina

in place of my

my dead body!”

AARON

Leah gasps.

are you

Aaron

vow. Please accept me as tribute in my father’s stead, and I beg you to

can attest, I sometimes make

accounting.”

there it is.

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wisely. Acknowledging I’m her husband and

ideas of divorce she

and possessive washes

her knees.

hearing her choose

want to twist my hands in her hair and hold

her flesh and mark her skin

this world-will know she belongs

I’ll ever do such a

be more than a partner in

with my mother. A mating

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that brings

suffering.