Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 17

I leave Jessica and try to dispel the things she’d said from my

mind. Jessica would slide into Leah’s shoes in a heartbeat.

She’d assume the role of Luna, dedicate herself to me and

our pack and I wouldn’t have to doubt her commitment or

integrity.

She’s been loyal for as long as I’ve known her and she’s been

patient.

I don’t think that either of us expected this situation with Leah to be permanent. Certainly not when she was a minor and

then even after I married her there was always this notion

that things would not be permanent.

But as the years have gone by, my thoughts on that have

changed.

My goals have changed.

James is standing outside of the mansion and he’s pensive.

He’s working hard to step up but I can’t overlook the missteps that have been made. He moves to the driver’s side of the

And I

“No. I’ll drive.”

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but tosses me

the

to take this meeting alone,” I tell

opens his mouth but what can he say? He frowns. “Aaron,

I…”

is gutted by

I’ve lost trust in him. But there is nothing to be done

Trust is earned.

that can be assumed or demanded. And though James is my beta, I’m beginning to regret promoting him to the

her pack caused ours,

speak of prejudices that he’s allowed to cloud

and that

going?”

along the borders and ensure that the mansion has

He nods.

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car and drive off. He’s

the

good thirty minutes before I’m on the main highways for this region and I drive toward a small town for a meeting with our human CFO of the pack’s corporation. Normally, I’d take that meeting in our corporate headquarters, but what I want to say and do, I don’t

that has been a long

at the coffee shop. His briefcase is on the table and he has stacks of

our normal venue,” he says. “You could’ve come to

my office.”

like to change up the