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.

sacrifice, I can give my life greater purpose and meaning.

the betterment of our collective packs-1,

Council member

myself as tribute in place

my dead body!” Aaron screams.

AARON

Leah gasps.

hell are you

stares at the Council. “Alpha Aaron is a good man, and,

But I stand by my vow. Please accept me as tribute in my father’s stead, and I beg you to show my father mercy.” Her gaze cuts

husband can attest, I sometimes make mistakes

accounting.”

there it is.

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wisely. Acknowledging I’m her husband and

of divorce she may have been harboring.

dark and possessive washes

on her knees.

hearing her choose

my hands in her hair and hold

want to sink my teeth into her flesh and mark her skin so that

this world-will know

ever do such a thing.

more than

us to ruin with his obsession with my mother. A mating bond is nothing more than a

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mental chain that

suffering.