Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 23

The road winds back and forth as we gain elevation. The

mountain is steep enough to ski and it’s heavily wooded. The headlights cast shadows through the pines and fir.

I’ve never been here before.

I wonder if Aaron has.

He brings the vehicle to the mountain top and parks. “Get out,”

he tells me.

slowly unbuckle my belt. It’s significantly colder here than where we’d been and I didn’t think to bring a coat. I don’t have my medications. My phone’s about to die.

This is the type of deserted stretch of forest where you’d go hunting for the weekend.

Or where you’d bury a body.

After the things I’ve said tonight, I have to wonder why Aaron has brought me here.

n a battle of strength against this wolf, there would be no

contest.

2/4

“Come on,” he says quietly. “It’s this way.”

a big duffel bag from the

the edge of the mountain top.

with the same precision he does. And the

his wolf’s eyes tells me his night vision is easily ten times better than mine. I let him

calls and there’s a low hum of different insects. Gravel

we walk, so this roadway is

some way.

won’t reveal anything he isn’t ready to and there is no point in arguing over

have to hope that I’m not walking to

ultimate coup,

on my father

Hmm.

some uneven stretch of ground and

and he’s holding me in place.

uh, I’m

grunts and keeps walking.

3/4

the clouds lift, and moonlight floods this area, showing too many stars overhead to count and

a curving stretch of

“It’s beautiful.”

he

to say

reflection. As my eyes adapt more, I see the straight lines of

where we’re

nods and picks up the