Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 193

AARON

All I want to do is drag Leah back to Rathborn mansion and spend the night holding her in my arms. Now that I’ve slipped, now that my wolf and I have gotten a taste of how good it can be claiming our mate, I can barely think of anything except

taking more.

And by forcing myself to walk away from her, all I’m doing is upsetting my wolf further.

But he doesn’t understand this is the only way I know how to

keep her safe until the threat has passed.

It almost killed me to walk away from her like that just now.

When I’d been inside her-when our mating bond had been

fully realized in that moment-I’d been able to feel exactly how

much she loved me beneath all the hurt and confusion.

It made me euphoric, even as my fear that someone could use

her against me increased exponentially.

I refuse to let that happen.

together has only strengthened my resolve

tonight, I still have this

reminded my

see James pacing over near the SUVs, his agitation obvious, but it only serves to fan the

anger.

over, and he’s so distracted, he doesn’t even

coming until the last

But I scented him.

exact, and I’ve never been closer to sla ughtering

grab him by the back of the neck and fling him into the side of the SUV, then use my body and

responded to me, I no longer think she’s been sleeping with anyone else. She was too hypersensitive, too

way my mate loves me,

anyone else. For her, other men pale in comparison when held up

for James, I know the signs of

he arrived just after we’d finished was more than enough. Although, I know it’s partially my own fault for not making sure the door was shut. “If you ever so much as glance at my mate with lust again, I

feel defiance in every line of

his neck, leaving it

to slash my claws through his flesh and

right here and now.

understand?” I repeat

James mutters, and I finally feel

of him.

myself away from him in

has been loyal to me

patches between us, I still trust him