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.

to give my testimony, so I can start clearing up

on the stand or ask

himself.

sits there with a look of stony

doesn’t say anything as the evidence

against him.

him to say something, anything.

looks across at me, as

with our mating bond

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

realize things seem to be wrapping up, I can’t take it any longer.

jumping to my feet.

All of this so called evidence has been

him look guilty.”

it very loud, and there’s this swell of murmurs that ripple through the crowd, I still hear him

to me and talking directly to me. “This won’t help. Remember

my mate, an innocent man, gets condemned for crimes he

the Council are scared of

gets louder,

of the

banging the gavel. “Compose yourself, or you

hall.”

to argue some more, desperation and fear

are surging through

says in a commanding Alpha voice.

so I relent, even though my

fighting for my mate with every single atom of my

will now take a short recess

file off stage to the back area where they can have

privacy.

erupts through the hall, but

back and they don’t want to miss a second of the unfolding

care that we have an audience, I get up and dodge the

standing nearby to rush across the

me and Aaron.

him and extends his arms through the