Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 247

AARON

It’s been hours since the Enforcers marched me down to the basement of the Council building where they have silver–barred cells they use for rogue wolves, and anyone else either being punished or awaiting punishment at the leisure of the Council.

In the cell across from me is a rogue wolf named Axel Sawyer.

He’s an Alpha who blew in from Texas after reportedly slaughtering a whole bunch of wolves down South, including his own pack if rumors are to be believed. I’d heard the Council were hunting him, but I’d also heard he’d moved on to North Dakota.

That was months ago.

Have the Council been holding him this whole time?

I wonder why, but I’m not going to make conversation with a psychopath who slaughters his own pack, and I obviously have plenty of my own problems to occupy my mind.

Eventually, Samsen comes down and stands outside the bars

to regard me like I’m some new exotic zoo animal.

“Where’s my mate?” I bite out impatiently.

Because they certainly didn’t bring her down to the cells, and I’m worried about what’s happening to her.

Not knowing is making my wolf crazy.

behind silver bars underground like this, purposefully depriving them of any natural light or air–but the added element of my mate possibly being in danger and not being able to help her is making my wolf harder to

than usual.

goes on too long, there’s every chance it’ll make my wolf so crazed, I won’t be able to restrain it anymore–even with all my considerable self–control–and I’ll end up going rogue.

what the Council wants.

wolf than a powerful Alpha who

position to demand anything,” Samsen says cooly. “You will answer our questions regarding your role in the death of Alpha Tobin Havelock and they will inform the

anything until you tell me

I step forward and wrap my hands around the bars.

that would create an instant burning reaction. For me, it’s

that ultimately this

no longer in control of my wolf.

I growl at him. “You

takes a large step back. “When you decide to cooperate and answer our questions, Alpha Rathborn, then maybe you’ll

mate.”

on his heel and marches away.

wolf with the

about,” Axel drawls from the other side

hallway.

also steps forward and wraps his hands around

little, but he doesn’t

I reply in a clipped tone. “Glad we got

now leave me the hell alone.”