Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 273

The pain is what wakes me up.

I find myself tied to a chair, held in place by the same kind of silver-wolfsbane infused chains that Tobin used that night at the factory when he tried to kill me for my Alpha powers.

I bring my head up, clenching my jaw against the constant searing and burning that’s keeping me from shifting back into my wolf.

I’m in some kind of rundown house, in what was once maybe a den or living room.

The ceiling is water stained, the carpet is mottled and moldy so it’s impossible to tell what the original color was, the drywall is cracked, and the dirty, tattered curtains shift from the breeze coming in from the broken window.

It smells like rats and decay.

What the hell am I doing here?

Why aren’t I in the cells in the basement of the Council Hall any longer?

www

opens and

point I’m

about Karolina I didn’t like or trust, this low-level vibe of malice that wasn’t obvious on the surface of her personality where

you’re awake,” Karolina says as she struts in.

something. Wrap any other wolf in chains like

here, Karolina?” I ask

jaw.

shrug, as if she doesn’t have a care in the world. But when she looks at me, I see

her in a deceptively mild voice. “Besides, I don’t even

about.”

seems to annoy her

had it all figured out with Tobin. We were going

And when wolves from the Old Country turn up and start meddling, it just gets worse. The Old Ways don’t serve us any longer. The Old Ways

if expecting an answer, but I sit stubbornly still and

One that will ensure I can be strong enough to stand against whatever resistance I encounter when the world begins reshaping for the better. People can’t always see it that way, you know. They’re scared, so they hang onto what is familiar, even when it’s so obviously pointless. But they’ll

a moment to sink in through all the pain,