Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 25

I shift in the center of the cabin, let my wolf brush by Leah, and then I head into the valley at a full-out run.

I’m not sure even the miles I roam tonight will be enough. I may have to hunt.

My wolf is nearly feral-he’s angry and volatile. A tangle of rage and passion. If I stayed in my human form, I would’ve done something dumb.

Like killing Leah’s father.

Or taking out some of my anger on her, for what she’d done.

But most of my anger-the real depth of my rage- is aimed only at myself.

I forced us into this situation.

I called Leah’s bluff and left her with no recourse other than to

sell herself.

And while I wanted my wife’s loyalty, no, I demanded it, there

is no real bond or loyalty at all, if it is coerced.

I hate that we have come to this.

And I don’t see any way to fix it.

Maybe I should’ve let her go and just let the chips fall where they will.

Her father’s pack is vast and powerful, but in the last decade, my Alpha powers have surpassed his. Where we have thrived

grown lax. Instead of using the peace to build, they’ve partied and squandered.

their financial holdings-something I’ve taken advantage

a fierce opponent, he’d begun

his Luna’s death. Sometimes, I think

to get rid of Leah, so he

the disappointment in her eyes. Because Roberts didn’t just drown his sorrows or party to forget,

these years later, he’s a fraction of what he once was.

doubt I could best Alpha Roberts

challenged him and been done with it.

let my temper

relaying one

wants to survive, if he wants to

take his punishment like an Alpha, and leave Leah the fuck

snarls viciously, pushing me to a corner of my mind,

thoughts are relegated

of a doe. Tracks from a rabbit,

the river trickling over smooth stones.

of Leah, waiting in that one-room cabin. Alone.

what my wolf

wanted it from the first moment I brought

I won’t give into my baser

bind her to me. Well, not in the true ways of our

species.

So I run.

up the side of the mountain until my mouth.

lungs.

before

if the engine started or if she tried to leave.