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.

don’t have much time left and maybe in making this sacrifice, I can give my life greater purpose and meaning. I’m dying. I

our collective packs-1,

member

in place of my

dead body!” Aaron

AARON

Leah gasps.

hell are you doing?”

Aaron is a good

stand by my vow. Please accept me as tribute in my father’s stead, and

attest, I sometimes make mistakes with

accounting.”

there it is.

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wisely. Acknowledging I’m

divorce she may have been harboring.

possessive washes

her

hearing her

twist my hands in her hair

my teeth into her flesh and mark her skin so that

in this room-in this world-will know

ever do such

than a partner in name only.

nearly led us to ruin with his obsession with my mother.

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chain that brings only hardship

suffering.