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.

time left and maybe in making this sacrifice, I can give my life greater purpose and meaning. I’m dying. I can’t have children. I have no close friends

collective packs-1, Leah Roberts Rathborn would

ahead,” Council member Karolina

in

my dead body!” Aaron screams.

AARON

Leah gasps.

you doing?” I

stares at the Council. “Alpha Aaron is a

would want to shield me. But I stand by my vow. Please accept me as tribute in my father’s stead, and I beg you to

can attest, I sometimes make mistakes

accounting.”

it

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I’m her husband and

divorce

dark and possessive washes over me upon

her knees.

her choose

hands in her hair and hold

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

world-will know she belongs

do such

will ever be more than

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

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that brings

suffering.