Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 91

I spend the hour before the start of the ceremony walking the main pack’s grounds.

There are so many buildings in need of updating and repair. There are resources that we need to invest in order to

structure Pack Roberts for future generations.

A plan begins to take shape.

I might not live long enough to fulfill it but…

My brother meets me at the schoolhouse. It’s a single room building. Seeing it now with the eyes of an adult, I wonder at how small the structure is and how antiquated.

“You’d think we were Amish,” I mumble.

He laughs.

The door is locked but he whips out a set of keys and lets us in. The room is all whi te and there are computers along one wall. Maps on the other, chalkboards and a desk at the front.

“Is Mrs. McHenry still teaching?” I ask.

“She is.”

“How old is she?”

“200?”

I chuckle. “No seriously.”

brother spins a globe on her desk. “I don’t know. At least

80.”

row. Second seat from the right. I touch the desktop. Time presses on relentlessly. I feel a gush of nostalgia for the little girl

wants to retire,” I say

of service to her pack and her community.” Liam shrugs. “She’ll be present tonight. Ask her yourself.” He grins, then his playful mood changes. “Just

It’s a warning.

I tell

for him, I walk away.

The strings of a four-piece quartet drift to me. I always liked the sound of

never get

doubt Aaron’s doing. He has a set of wolves that perform at most every

the main hall, and would you look at that, someone removed the stripper pole. I glance quickly

winks at me.

this event, also from Aaron’s pack, offers a glass of Champagne. I accept the flute and then

Just not in the mood

for the baby.

and whisper

things. But it would be so nice to give this child a

black pantsuit paired

watch. In the trunk of belongings that Aaron sent over, the giant

I won’t resent his presence since it reinforces

I can’t go back to Aaron.

be giving him

my brother.

something, and I make sure to pause intermittently