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.

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

full moon.”

and harder to

at Aaron, but he’s closed his eyes and dropped

can see the grief settling over him, as

fully believe it until this moment

approach the stage,”

react right away.

I don’t think I

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

he releases me and I lock my knees,

to sway.

Samsen says, looking down on me. “The

choice in your fate. You may remain mated to Alpha Rathborn and risk your own death through

execution, or you may choose to break

possibly save

itself cause death, depending on how deeply

mated.”

Aaron, but it’s

just

imagined. And now it goes both ways because

1. me.

we break the mating bond are probably

if I don’t break the mating

bond transcends death.

brought me back from beyond death that night Liam betrayed me.

a

panic and dizziness.