Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 20

I start to stand up and Aaron’s hand comes down on my

shoulder. “Don’t fucking move.”

But the pieces come together like a puzzle and I recognize

that I played right into Aaron’s trap.

Seeing what he wanted me to see.

Doing what he plotted for me to do.

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“The account that I thought was mine,” I whisper. “You always

had it flagged for the Regional Collective.”

He nods.

So my father isn’t wrong. I did do this.

Even if my father is spared by the Council, he’ll still be

convicted by human courts. Shit, even Martha Stewart with all her billions, couldn’t beat an insider trading rap. She went to

jail.

“Why? Damn it, Aaron. Why would you do this?”

“I already told you. Because of you.”

His eyes are cold and empty. “I’ve had this plan in place for a long time. But you forced my hand, Leah, when you

threatened to divorce me.”

Her face is pale and her eyes are glassy with tears.

I don’t feel bad about that.

refused to confide in me. She’s plotting

to hell with the aftermath for my pack

community.

forced my

warned her.

eyes dancing

of that. Yes. “That is a

very least, he’ll be stripped of his title. And a pack

an alpha is easy pickings.”

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goal all along? To take what he has and to

crush to do it?”

as the situation has evolved, so have

drinks. He’s wasteful. Focused on

vacations and fast

unspeakable crimes and known

lost his

How could you

we’ve already covered the how and the why. I’m not

argue with her. At least not here. Not in

looks now and I know plenty of these wolves’ tongues will

not concerned with the gossip.

the outcome that

achieve.

this whole stupid idea of a divorce, and I’ll lend my

the Council to be lenient.”

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