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.

in making this sacrifice, I can give my life greater purpose and meaning. I’m dying. I can’t have children. I

reason-for the betterment of our collective packs-1, Leah Roberts

member

as tribute in place

my dead body!”

AARON

Leah gasps.

you doing?” I

Council. “Alpha Aaron is

me as tribute in my father’s stead, and I beg you to

attest, I sometimes

accounting.”

there it

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I’m her husband

whatever stupid ideas of divorce she may have been

washes over me upon

on her knees.

her

in her hair

want to sink my teeth into her flesh and mark

room-in this world-will know she belongs to

that I’ll ever do such a thing.

will ever be more than a partner in name

to ruin with his obsession with my mother. A mating bond is nothing

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and mental chain that brings only hardship

suffering.