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

good care

last

room.

stand there

silent tears soaking the

angry that she found out about the

the one who

what did he even hope

forbid anyone from

would never learn the truth, but I’d wanted to spare her the pain of

pain that I could now see was tearing

a split second, I almost want to tell her the truth-that Ethan is alive and well-except if that ends

feel this pain and

truth-and I would tell her soon, I vowed

she was sitting earlier, and we both sit down, with Leah tucked securely

now,” Leah says sadly, her voice scratchy from crying so much. “Why 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 so

fresh well of tears stream down her

tighter.

tell her, because I honestly don’t. “But

then they’ll regret every choice they

sits away from me a little

look sad any

with the kind of wrath I’ve

she replies fiercely, and her wolf glows in her eyes for a moment. “If I can stand strong and hold my oldest friend accountable for betraying me, then you can be sure I can make our enemies wish they’d never had the misfortune to move

She’s right.

she became Alpha, I didn’t

I didn’t have to.

is one of the strongest, bravest

night Liam betrayed her

travesty.

of her Alpha powers. She is

that she