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.

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 or

the betterment of our collective packs-1, Leah Roberts Rathborn would make one request.”

member

in

dead body!”

AARON

Leah gasps.

are you doing?” I ask

“Alpha Aaron is a good man, and,

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

can attest, I sometimes make mistakes with

accounting.”

it

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wisely. Acknowledging I’m her

aside whatever stupid ideas of divorce she

possessive washes over me

her

hearing her

to twist my hands in her hair and hold her there.

want to sink my teeth into her flesh and

in this room-in this world-will know she

I’ll ever do

than a partner in name

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

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chain that

suffering.