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.

called to give my testimony, so I

even put Aaron on the stand or ask

himself.

sits there with a look of stony

the evidence builds and

against him.

willing him

times he looks across at me, as

mating bond

within him. But he knows exploding or interjecting at this point will only

seem to be wrapping

shout, jumping to

of this so called evidence

look guilty.”

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

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

here while my mate, an innocent man, gets condemned

the Council are scared

gets louder, and I

of the

banging the gavel. “Compose yourself, or you will be

hall.”

argue some more, desperation and fear for what

to happen to Aaron are surging through me like acid.

Alpha voice. “Do as he says.”

be taken away, I need to be here to see what happens, so I relent, even though my

fighting for my mate with every single

take a short recess to deliberate,”

Councilmembers all get up and file off stage

privacy.

through the hall,

come right back and they don’t want to miss a second

an audience, I get up and dodge the

standing nearby to rush across the space between

me and Aaron.

and extends his arms through the