Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 252

LEAH

All I want to do is rush across the hall and pull Aaron out

of that silver dock they’ve sat him in. To hold him, to know

everything is going to be okay.

All I can do is sit there and tell myself that justice will be done,

and Aaron will be found innocent.

It’s been days, and I never heard anything else from Karolina.

I don’t know what she’s been doing, or if she’s managed to

help Aaron in anyway.

I had hoped she would be able to stop this trial altogether, but

maybe that wasn’t within her power.

Still, since I was brought into the hall and forced to sit as far away from Aaron as possible, I’ve been trying to catch Karolina’s eye, but she’s been keeping her attention split

between Aaron and whichever Councilmember is talking at any given time and the longer it goes on, the colder my blood

starts to run.

Eventually I have to wonder if she tried to help us at all.

What if she was just humoring me the day we spoke?

The trial itself quickly becomes a blur.

The Council have brought together witnesses who have to be false, testifying that they knew Aaron had plans to kill Tobin for his power and a seat on the Council.

They play a tape that’s recorded from Aaron’s interview in the cells, and it’s clear to anyone with half a brain that they’ve edited it heavily and spliced it together to make Aaron appear guilty, threatening and almost unhinged, like he’s already half

gone rogue.

waiting to be called to give my testimony, so I can start

even put Aaron on the stand or ask him to

himself.

a look of stony detachment on

say anything as the evidence

against him.

myself willing him to say

across at me, as if he can feel

knows, with our mating bond going both ways

can certainly feel the quiet fury building within him. But he knows exploding or interjecting at

to be wrapping up, I can’t take it any

jumping to my

called evidence

look

of

and talking directly to me. “This won’t help. Remember what I told you.”

stand here while my mate, an innocent man, gets

the Council are

swell of voices gets louder, and

of

Leah!” Samsen shouts, banging the gavel. “Compose yourself, or you will be removed from

hall.”

some more, desperation and fear for what is

to happen to Aaron are

says in a commanding Alpha voice. “Do as

want to be taken away, I need to be here to see what happens, so I relent, even though my instincts–my inner wolf -is telling

fighting for my mate with

take a short

all get up and file off stage

privacy.

erupts through the hall, but

right back and they don’t

we have an audience, I get up

standing nearby to rush across the

me and Aaron.

him and extends his arms through