Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 217

I use my heightened sense of hearing as I step through the front door of the mansion, picking up the low tones of James and Leah speaking in one of the sitting rooms.

Leah sounds upset and my steps quicken as I rush through the house to find her.

As soon as I walk into the doorway, Leah looks up.

Her hair is a mess, her eyes are red-rimmed and she’s pale.

She looks terrible, but at the same time, so achingly beautiful.

But, she’ll always be beautiful to me and my wolf, no matter the state that she’s in.

The relief and longing that crosses her face when she sees me makes my chest ache.

She jumps up from the couch and rushes across the room, throwing herself into my arms.

I catch her up against me, my worry for her climbing even higher.

James also gets up from where he was sitting in an adjacent armchair and crosses the room as well, but clearly because he’s leaving to give us some privacy.

I catch his eye with a questioning look as he draws even with

me.

“She found out about the attack at the hospital,” James says) which mostly explains everything and I feel my heart take on a new dimension of pain that Leah knows some of the terrible truth now.

“There’s more,” James adds, his expression becoming stormy. “But I’ll let Leah tell you.”

“Thank you, Beta,” I say in a low voice

“Thank you for taking

T

care of my

me one last nod of

room.

simply stand there and hold

feel her silent tears soaking

that she found out

the one who

even hope to achieve

anyone from talking

it’d been fo olish to think Leah would never learn the truth, but I’d wanted to spare her the

now see was tearing her

a split second, I almost want to tell her the truth-that Ethan is alive and well-except if that ends in the next attempt on Ethan’s life being

pain and more-we

soon, I vowed it on all of my ancestors-she will forgive me

I take Leah over to the couch where she was sitting earlier, and we both sit down, with Leah tucked securely info

you didn’t want to be around me, why you’ve been doing everything remotely, keeping yourself apart from everyone. This pain… How are we supposed to live with it? Who would even do something

stream down her face

tighter.

don’t know,” I tell her, because

find them, and then they’ll regret every

me a little to look at

look

the kind of wrath I’ve never witnessed in

I can stand strong and hold my oldest friend accountable for

She’s right.

I didn’t fight her battles for

I didn’t have to.

the strongest, bravest wolves I

night Liam betrayed her was

travesty.

up in possession of her Alpha powers. She is

no doubt that she can and will effectively