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.

give my life greater purpose and meaning.

our collective packs-1, Leah Roberts Rathborn

Council member Karolina

in

body!” Aaron screams.

AARON

Leah gasps.

hell are you doing?” I

stares at the Council. “Alpha Aaron is a

stand by my vow. Please accept me as tribute in my father’s

attest, I sometimes make

accounting.”

there it is.

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wisely. Acknowledging I’m her

divorce she may have been harboring.

washes over me upon

her knees.

hearing her choose

to twist my hands in her hair

her flesh

room-in this world-will know she belongs

I’ll ever do such a

than a partner in name

us to ruin with his obsession with my mother. A mating bond is nothing more than

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mental chain that

suffering.