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.

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

this reason-for the betterment of our collective packs-1, Leah Roberts Rathborn would make

member

as tribute in place of my father.”

dead body!”

AARON

Leah gasps.

hell are you doing?” I ask

Council. “Alpha Aaron is a good man, and, of

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

husband can attest, I sometimes

accounting.”

there it is.

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chosen wisely. Acknowledging I’m

divorce

washes over me

her

her choose me.

hands in

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

this world-will know

do such a

than a partner in name

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

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mental chain that

suffering.