Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 146

“I have to know he’s alive.”

“You have my word,” he tells me.

Oddly. I believe him.

This wolf is many things…

Cold. Cru el. A Kil ler.

But he isn’t a li ar.

I get the impression that he’d consider that beneath him. Or

more aptly, he’s too arr ogant for that sort of machination.

Five.

Four.

He smiles.

I grab the pen.

It’s a mistake, I know. But I’ll be able to fight it. Those papers

will take weeks to file and we can revoke them beforehand.

the gun at

this one actually looks genuine. “Such a

waste,” he mumbles.

the desk and

picks up the receiver and punches in the numbers. “Bring him up,” he tells someone, then gently sits the phone back in its cradle.

No wolves crowd

hard time to break free of this place. My mind is racing. We can petition the Council. What’s happened here…it isn’t legal. It won’t stand. There are attorneys in the human world and laws that protect against exactly this type of extortion. We have evidence of the hostage situation and can pursue this in legal

okay. First step is to

can figure out the

see into `your mind.

phone is in my back pocket and I’m still holding the gun.

4

XIV table. Everything in this room feels old and big and

make

come and gone in a second. “There is nothing that Aaron Rathborn can do to address this situation. It’s rooted in ha te generations

making.”

like the sound of

I just wish

the gun a little higher.

favors you,” Ryker says

means. Or

us and though I keep my sights trained on Ryker, I watch as Liam clears the warehouse entry door. He walks unrestrained straight toward

attention flicker for the briefest moment but

need.

Liam is unharmed.