Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 253

I hold my breath, not sure I can hear this, but certain I can’t not hear it at the same time.

“By majority vote,” Samsen announces. “We find Alpha Aaron Rathborn guilty on all charges.”

Noise erupts through the hall, some people exclaiming in shock, others protesting, some even cheering.

It’s chaos.

But I’m stuck on the words he said.

By majority.

Does that mean not all of the Council believes Aaron is guilty?

If some Councilmembers don’t agree with the verdict, then surely they can’t go ahead with this.

There must be some sort of appeal process, some way to get this reversed.

I’m frozen and dizzy and feel sick, but also not surprised.

Aaron kept telling me how this was going to play out, but I

didn’t want to believe him.

“The hall will come to order!” Samsen shouts over the chaos.

Eventually everyone settles down and it becomes silent again.

My breathing sounds unusually loud, and I realize I’m on the

verge of panic.

says. “By virtue of a guilty verdict from this Council, you are sentenced to death under the

full moon.”

getting harder and harder to

Aaron, but he’s closed

the grief settling over him, as if maybe he

until this moment either.

approach the

react right

legs are weak, and I

of the Enforcers steps over and grabs my arm, pulling me to my feet and then ushering me toward

releases me and I

to sway.

says, looking down on me. “The

mated to Alpha Rathborn and risk your own death through the

or

save yourself that

bond can in itself cause death, depending on how deeply

mated.”

want to glance at Aaron, but it’s

not just

are more deeply bonded than either of us could have ever imagined. And now it goes both ways because last time we were together, I claimed him

1. me.

if we break the mating bond

somehow, I know in my bones that if I don’t break the mating bond, I won’t survive

bond transcends death.

from beyond death that night

my eyes for a

panic and