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.

don’t have much time left and maybe in making this sacrifice, I can give my life greater purpose and meaning. I’m dying. I can’t have children. I have no close friends or

the betterment of our collective packs-1, Leah Roberts Rathborn would

member Karolina tells

tribute in place of my father.”

dead body!”

AARON

Leah gasps.

hell are you doing?” I

Council. “Alpha Aaron is

I stand by my vow. Please accept me as tribute in

husband can attest, I sometimes

accounting.”

there it

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wisely. Acknowledging I’m her husband and

ideas of divorce she may have been harboring.

dark and possessive washes over

her knees.

her choose

my hands in her hair

her

room-in this world-will know

that I’ll ever do such a thing.

woman will ever be more than a partner in

obsession with my mother. A mating bond is nothing more

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that brings

suffering.