Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 102

I plaster on my most gracious smile. “Honored members of the

Council, welcome!”

I step forward and shake hands in the order that they position. themselves and pray I’m not committing some terrible faux pas by not starting with Petyr or Aleksei. But they are to the back of the others, so if I bypass everyone else…

Aaron and Liam flank me and make their own hel los.

Karolina grips my hand hard. I lock eyes with her and wonder what it is she is trying to convey. A warning perhaps?

“There is food spread throughout the main floor and

additional buffet tables outside. Please. Eat. Have a drink.”

Elder Aleksei comes from the Old World and he looks it. He

wears a suit but no tie. His silver hair is styled back. His eyes are light and taking in every detail. There’s a preternatural stillness to him that gives off a different energy than Karolina or even Tobin-and he’s probably the most intense wolf I’ve

ever come across.

big and tawny. Aaron angles so

to protect me.

Always so ready to fight. Relax, Alpha Rathborn. We come here

He glances at me.

like to entertain

appreciate how he’s handling this. Part

and part of me worried if he did keep his temper in check, that he’d be speaking on my behalf or doing something to relegate

those things. He’s deferring to

bring our guests into the dining room.” I turn

packmates to clear that area so we might speak more privately.

nods and moves quickly.

I just have to hope nobody

I was upstairs.

say. I lead our group through the center of the main hall, thinking that they can

some of our pack

main stairwell

branch into the corridor that can take us to