Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 281

LEAH

My breath catches in my chest as Ryker and Aaron rush at each other, clashing in the middle of the room in a flurry of splintering furniture, savage snarls and slashing claws.

I’m terrified for Aaron, but I can’t just stand there and watch him fight Ryker. I need to trust he can take care of himself.

James and I hurry around the perimeter of the room to reach the remaining Councilmembers who are cowering in the corner. These are older wolves, delegates. Not warriors or fighters like my husband or his adversary.

We urge them to run, keeping ourselves between them and Ryker.

He sees what’s happening at one stage, and rushes toward us, but James steps in and shoves Ryker back, while Aaron catches him and flings him into a nearby bookcase.

The whole thing comes crashing down on top of him, and for

a second we all pause, watching as Ryker drags himself from

beneath the pile of books and splintered wood.

Us can react, Ryker fully shifts and goes

streaking out of the room.

Aaron growls and then shifts as well, sprinting off after him.

I want to chase after them as well, if only to keep Aaron in my sight so I know he’s okay.

I’m terrified of losing him yet again, and for some reason my brain thinks as long as I can see him, I can stop that from happening.

But I don’t have the luxury of doing that.

We came here for a reason, and it’s time we took care of that.

I turn to James. “Come on, we need to find the tech.”

we rush off, deeper into the Council

search the ground floor, finding more carnage and dead bodies, but don’t

been a force of death,

more powerful than Ryker. Far

Is pure.

break him, he hadn’t set out to destroy it. When faced with his own death,

him a little more

asks, shaking

“Let’s look.”

we find that most of the underground

James in confusion, then wonder if this is where they were keeping Aaron, and how bad it must have been for him,

a voice calls

and I glance at each other and then walk down until we stop outside of a cell where a man is locked behind silver

there? I can scent blood, a lot of it,” the man

eyes and a mess

the Council,” I reply. “Who

give. As to who I am, that’s not real important. The question is, who are you? Because I can scent Aaron

confirms my suspicions about my

guy nods. “He had the cell across from me

mate,” I reply,

says. “Aaron was real torn up

I say, looking up at the Beta. “We

find

thinks this is a good idea but nods anyway and then goes

got no idea how much

it,” the

owe you for helping Aaron stay sane and not going rogue while he was down here, especially after he thought I died,” I reply with a shrug. “It’s the least I

take them off one of

and then turns to me. “We

you looking for?” the guy

family’s company built that a faction within the Council stole,” I

nods. “Second floor, restricted