Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 103

“Oh dear.” I laugh lightly, as if he’s mistaken. “I guess we’ll need to change cleaning companies.”

It’s a lame attempt at a joke.

Liam chuckles-bless him.

Tobin just blinks at me.

Inside, I’m dying.

Does Tobin mean me? Or is he sniffing out Marla. Upstairs. In

a trunk???

The other wolves all pause and look at us questioningly.

Aaron drops a hand on Tobin’s shoulder. “We slaughtered two

steers for the event, and my chef roasted a whole p ig. Always thinking with your gut, huh?”

He doesn’t rescind his comment. Just looks at me, then up the

stairs, then back at me again.

Sh it.

“It’s this way,” I say.

The others continue walking and the moment Tobin falls into step, I move to catch up to Karolina, not wanting to risk any more interactions with Tobin or him sniffing out any more information about me-or any dead bodies on our property.

Once within the dining room, the Elders position themselves at the long table.

Liam has instructed some of his wolves to move the serving.

platters and dishes to the opposite end to allow everyone to

sit comfortably.

Aleksei sits at the head of the table. Samsen and Petyr on

either side of him.

Karolina sits next, on the far side, so her back faces the wall.

Tobin remains standing.

him in and sits

the other side by

me furthest from the group of them. And next to

Aaron.

Thank goodness.

feel myself

the presence of so many Council members signifies something of importance. I can

what that might

“You accrued

Leithrow when Alpha Brian Clemson né Leithrow attacked your Luna

“That is correct.”

Aaron absorbed

not to d ie

else was

I’d been thrashing and convulsing and on the verge of biting off my own

didn’t complain.

of power and when it was all over, he

out of that Grove and took care of

hurting and exhausted too.

Da mn.

he squeezes my

why he didn’t make such a big deal about letting me stay here

he didn’t insist on being in the same

of a whole

you,”

twitch. Karolina nods like she agrees with

I should’ve known. He should’ve

all that much, but…still.

gives the

I have

I should’ve known.

a basic pack principle in the

to the person who

bit of

my baby hair, I have a pretty good idea. of how my dad managed to leave his powers to me. And then. he did go and notify his pack and that word got

but somehow in the course of that night, it became clear that I was set to inherit, not my brother.

there was another note.

trigger and I haven’t had the courage to ask. I don’t know much about the details. surrounding his death or how it played out with

were kids to follow in my

that’s

an old movie my dad made me watch

Highlander. The premise was that these immortals. had to fight and ki ll each other to absorb their powers, because ‘there could be only