Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 265

I’m grateful for James’s solid, silent support next to me.

Honesty, I don’t know how I would be getting through these agonizing days without him.

“Aaron died,” I say, cutting my gaze away from Emily.

The words are physically painful to say, like they’re being wrenched out of my chest.

“We had no choice but to break our mating bond after the Council sentenced Aaron to death for treason. I had to survive

for our son, Ethan.”

Emily gasps, and I can’t help but look back at her.

“Aaron has a son?”

“That’s right, Emily,” James puts in with fondness in his voice.

“You’re an aunt. You’re going to love Ethan when you meet

him.”

“Oh my god,” Emily whispers, seeming to not know what to do

with this information.

apparently she

you,” she says viciously. “You should have

and the Council was scared about what he planned to do with that power. They needed an excuse to stop him, and they found it. Ethan would have been an orphan if things had played out that way. Is that what you want

has the good sense to look somewhat abashed at James’s words.

the one

Both Alpha Roberts

the grave with them. So, if

for Leah, you might never

gratitude for getting her out of the gilded

Emily says. “Well, at least there’s some good

my

going to be the kind of handful I don’t even want to think about right

of everything else happening, but I’m glad she’s alive, and I know the Rathborn pack will be overjoyed to

home,” I say. “I

next feed.”

then motions

says anxiously, as if she can’t quite

believe it.

think I could find out she’s being held here and just walk away, leaving her to the same isolated, lonely fate my father and brother

doesn’t think highly of me at all.

I suppose that’s no surprise considering what she’s endured at

then sends her a quick,

replies

here.”