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.

keep waiting to be called to give my testimony, so I can start clearing up all these falsehoods,

don’t even put Aaron on the stand or ask

himself.

sits there with a look of

doesn’t say anything as the evidence

against him.

myself willing him to say something, anything.

times he looks across at me, as if he can

our mating bond going both

I can certainly feel the quiet fury building within him. But he knows exploding or interjecting at this point will only

to be wrapping up, I can’t take it

I shout, jumping to

of this so called evidence has

him look guilty.”

and even though he doesn’t say it very loud, and there’s this swell of murmurs

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

stand here while my mate, an innocent man, gets condemned for crimes he didn’t

Council are scared of him!”

gets louder,

of the

enough, Luna Leah!” Samsen shouts, banging the gavel.

hall.”

want to argue some more, desperation and

are surging through me like acid.

says in a commanding Alpha voice. “Do as he says.”

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

fighting for my mate with every single

Council will now take a

all get up and file off stage to the back area

privacy.

erupts through the hall,

if they expect the Council to come right back and they don’t want to

don’t care that we have an audience, I get up

to rush

me and Aaron.

stands when I reach him and extends his arms through