Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 134

“Liam?” Leah glances at me and I usher

her to the side. “We’ll take a table back in

the main room,” I tell Antoine.

I spin Leah around and get her on the

other side of the curtain.

“What is my brother doing here?”

“Dining,” I reply easily. “What else?”

We’re led back to a private alcove and I pull out my phone and text for my security detail to come in.

“A team will be joining us, Antoine. Please position them appropriately.”

“Of course, sir. Right away, sir.”

We sit and take the menus he extends to

us.

A bevy of waiters and bussers pour drinks and place a platter of artisan

breads on the table. Leah reads her

menu and I’m glad that she isn’t too put off by the fact that her brother is in the

same exclusive restaurant.

I wouldn’t think much of it either.

Except I know who he is eating with. And

it’s not Tobin. Or some other Council

member.

Their backs were to us, but I recognized

the tattoos on their necks. These are Old

Country Wolves. One from an Arctic pack that traces its line to the origins of our

kind. Two from a Eurasian pack that’s

anchored in Belarus.

The closest equivalent to these merciless

wolves is the mafia.

beholden to the Council. They operate outside of it. They don’t give a sh it

They’re weapons dealers.

Drug traffickers.

alley dealings influence entire regions and the economics of

countries.

doing, taking a

can’t write this off

he just

too high up.

sitdown with Michail or

you’re brokering a transaction

They

any of the small stuff.

third wolf, Dorian, I

Gibraltar for twenty years or

brings him to this

1

crossed paths with

time or two.

bu nch of hotheads.

of Michails’

not too long ago.

sure

regenerated.

he’s a

fact that her brother is enjoying a meal with some

2018 Chateau

James and two of my men take up position directly outside our

my own, no problem.

But Leah is vulnerable.

she became Alpha of

it sent shockwaves through the entire

think most

about ki lling her. The power she holds is a he ll

Even for me.

up and

nice, Aaron.”

We’re on a

about the food or

I just want to get her back to that

like

feel her body beneath

sure what

whispers.

have to decide. It’s a tasting