Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 178

I start forward, claws and fangs ready to tear him to shreds, but Ryker laughing pulls me up short.

“You think this is funny?” I demand, my fury building to incredible heights.

“Your misdirected rage is somewhat amusing, yes,” Ryker says, rocking back on his heels.

He’s totally relaxed, no sign of his wolf surfacing, no indication he considers me a threat at all.

“My rage isn’t misdirected,” I snap at him. “You were there that night. You helped Liam scre w over my wife, my mate. She almost died, and for that, you are going to pay.”

“You think this stops at Liam, or at me?” Ryker asks, holding up a hand, making me pause, “What happened that night was the result of plans that run for deeper and have wider reaching consequences than just you or your wife.”

“What are you talking about?” I demand, trying to figure out if this is just Ryker trying to mess with me, or he’s actually telling me something of substance. Something I should be worried about.

“You really think Liam could have done all he did without help?” Ryker asks, and it’s like a needle sticking into my skin.

The thought had crossed my mind-especially with Tobin somehow being involved with Liam-but I’d dismissed it, thinking surely it was too far-fetched that Liam’s plans and the whole thing with the Al weapons system couldn’t go all the way to the Council.

The idea that I might be wrong, and this whole thing could be much larger than I’d wanted to believe was slightly terrifying.

Especially with a missing Al weapons system on the line that had the potential to destroy entire countries or wipe out entire populations.

“What do you know?” I demand, thinking I might as well get as much information out of Ryker as I can before I spill his entrails.

Ryker shakes his head, frustration crossing his features.

anymore, Dorian and Michail

me more than

would they do

“That night in the warehouse, I didn’t agree with what they were doing. Old Country Wolves, we have a strong set of traditional values we live and di e by. I felt the dealings with Liam and other American wolves was crossing lines into territory that went against those traditions. Dorian and Michail disagreed. They believed what we could gain through the agreement was worth crossing a few lines. And then Leah arrived,

her…”

way Ryker

However, he only grins.

a shrug. “But I know something big is

l is the Council up

know anything concrete, only that it involves some kind of project Liam

secret.”

Chapter 178

The Al weapons system

it’s missing is wrapped

after a pause. “I’ve heard the Council aren’t very fond of you these days, with all

amassing

what to tell him, beginning to think maybe Ryker isn’t the target my rage should have been directed

all this time.

fact, I’m starting to think the enemy

my suspicions it might be members of the Council. I

not surprised, and I think he probably already knew, the

you know who’s

can

a price,”