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 next to him.

next, on the other side

from the group

Aaron.

Thank goodness.

feel

of so many Council members

what that might be.

Aaron,” Samsen begins. “You accrued

Leithrow attacked your Luna in the Grove

“That is

absorbed more power!?

then…I was too busy trying not to d ie as I absorbed my father’s lineage to really

else was going on.

and convulsing and on the verge of biting off my own tongue. I thought my bones. were going to break from the force of

didn’t complain. Not

bore the transition of power and when it was all

and took care of

to be hurting and exhausted

Da mn.

his thigh and he squeezes my hand for a

I wonder if this is why he didn’t make

he didn’t insist on being in the same room.

control of a

you,” I

few lips twitch. Karolina nods

He should’ve told

all that much,

the slightest

I have

I should’ve known.

is a basic pack principle in the

Alpha wills their strength to the person who will claim it

can be done at any time with blood or a bit of hair, some ‘marker’ so the power flows into that specific

the lock 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 back to the Council. Or at least, I’m assuming that’s how it

that night, it became clear that I was set

was another note.

the 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 Liam or the other

follow in my father’s

own life, anyone could have challenged him. And that’s what transpired with Aaron in the Grove.

old movie my dad made me watch with him as a

and ki ll each other to absorb their powers,