Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 227

Aaron leads me away from Tobin’s body, back toward the factory where we left James and Aaron’s men fighting with Ryker and his Old Country Wolves.

However, before we step back inside, I pull Aaron to a stop.

“Are you okay?” I ask him when he turns to me with a questioning look.

Aaron nods as he pulls me into his arms. “It’s amazing, the strength and resilience I get from the power of three Alphas. No wonder Tobin wanted it so badly for himself.”

I slip my arms around Aaron’s waist and we stand there holding each other.

“This whole thing-Tobin sending me that cryptic message to meet him-it was just a trap so he could kill you and take your powers,” 1 say as the night’s events finally start making sense in my mind.

“It looks that way,” Aaron agrees,

I feel him tense with anger.

problems, but now we have a bigger one,” he

reply,

threat to the sanctity of the Council itself,” Aaron says in a grim voice. “But it’s worse than that, because the night of the special Council Meeting, after

this

for you, for us?” I tighten my hold on him, fearful of what

as a strike against them-treason,” Aaron replied, and my

protest, even though obviously Aaron is the last person I need to convince of

no proof and no witnesses to attest to Aaron’s

won’t matter,” Aaron says, his hands rubbing up and down my back, as

comfort

or not. The point is, I look guilty, and they’ve got the excuse they needed to

me

let that happen!” I

slightly so I can look up