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.”

her

80.”

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

retire,” I say to

she likes being of service to her pack and her community.” Liam shrugs. “She’ll be present tonight. Ask her yourself.” He grins, then

It’s a warning.

I tell

waiting for him, I

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

never get

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

would you look at

at me.

pack, offers a glass of Champagne. I accept the flute

the mood for drinking quite

for the baby.

stomach and whisper a wish and prayer.

really matter in the scheme of things. But it would

wearing a black pantsuit paired with

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

his presence since it reinforces the ‘peace’ but our marriage is null.

recent prognosis, I can’t go back to

doing so, I’d be giving him my

avoid my brother. And Aaron.

faint or something, and I make sure to pause