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.”

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

the driver, a

3/5

I’m painfully aware of this man

he stirs in

sitting close to Aaron but when he shifts his leg so it presses against mine, I wonder if

next two hours.

arriving and prominent alphas from across this part

expensive suits and gowns.

formal uniform

of each ruling family is almost a calling card for

brand of

and linen

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

are at the front

suits and polished shoes.

couple surrounded by several wolves

they look dirt poor, they’re sitting on more land than

his hand to help me out.

cast on. My foot

Aside from aches and

look

drawn back into a

light white shirt.

a simple band, and a sapphire necklace that was my

a purse.

out next and he holds his arm

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