Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 52

Leah’s body arches, bowing so sharply it’s a wonder her spine doesn’t crack completely.

I wince.

Around me, the wolves gathered sit on their haunches. They watch. Others shift back to their human forms. Tobin comes and stands a few feet away from me. Karolina, the wolf from the Council, she and three other females move to the opposite side.

They’re na ked. All of them.

Blood stains skin and the flames from the fire flicker over their

bodies.

Leah screams.

A few of the wolves wince.

Tobin is expressionless. His eyes are pale and cold and unflinching.

Karolina is quizzical, her face reminds me of a hawk, even her movements seem sharp. She watches Leah like a bird-of-prey.

“It’s all right. I’ve got you,” I whisper.

but

of absorbing Alpha powers

to di e on the

I was a wolf

human

hold her tighter. She can’t be si ck. I

I could, I’d

convulsing and I’m having to exert far more force than I want to. Just

an inch in diameter. He snaps the limb and hands

teeth,”

the way she’s clenching her jaw there’s a chance it’ll crack or she’ll shatter

bite down on. I force

astonishing.

I glance at James, he subtly shoulders his way closer and the rest of my men close in in

and his pack, if

feeling this influx of

Alphas… we crave more of

is human. And

would shift during this ceremony because the wolf side has a far greater threshold for pain and the connection to the wolf-and its pack-is

has

Alpha lineage, then she will di e, and by rights, one of the people in this clearing will be able to channel it. Because that’s the thing with power… it