Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 18

the meeting and back.

1 file out behind them.

When I get into his idling SUV and buckle my seatbelt Aaron

looks at me oddly. “You should stay home tonight,” he tells me.

It’s the first time he’s spoken to me since the attack. “I haven’t

missed a meeting since I came here.”

“You’re injured.”

The implication being that I’m ‘human’. That I’m weak.

True, but … “It’s because I was attacked that I should be present. There are threats that the Council needs to be aware

of.”

“Do you plan to petition them for a divorce?”

So that’s why he wants me to stay. To silence me. He has the nerve to look earnest and upset that I want to leave him when he is the one who broke his vows and impregnated another

woman.

He is the one who hasn’t slept beside me in a week.

“Yes. I still want a divorce, Aaron.”

eyes flash gold for a moment before he banks the emotion. Then he shrugs.

the driver, a wolf

3/5

I’m painfully aware of this man

the tumultuous emotions he stirs in me.

when he shifts his leg so it presses against mine, I wonder

next two

grounds, already cars are arriving and prominent alphas from across this part of the country are exiting limousines

wear expensive suits and gowns. Others are in

formal uniform or

of each ruling family is almost a

brand of influence.

shirt and

his wrist is worth more than this car and though he doesn’t flaunt it, he projects power and

at the front of the

polished shoes.

by several

from the far north, and while they look dirt poor, they’re sitting on more land than some small

my door and extends his hand to help me out.

My foot

Aside from aches and

look the

drawn back

dark slacks and a light white shirt. I have the ring

married, a simple band, and a sapphire necklace

a purse.

out next and he holds