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.”

and we rush off, deeper into the Council

the ground floor, finding more carnage and dead bodies, but don’t turn up anything

occurs to me that Aaron could’ve done this. He could’ve been a force of death, indiscriminately sweeping through. these hallowed halls and

more powerful than

Is pure.

cheated and did everything to break him, he hadn’t set out to destroy it. When faced

love him a little more

basement?” James asks, shaking me from

“Let’s look.”

we find that most

were keeping Aaron, and how bad

voice

at each other and then walk down until we stop outside

going on up there? I can scent blood, a lot of it,” the man says with a southern accent,

and a mess of sandy blond

reply. “Who are you? Why does the Council have you locked up down

me I wasn’t willing to give. As to who I am, that’s not real important. The question is,

this confirms my suspicions about my mate being held

guy nods. “He had the cell across from me for a bit over a week. Now,

I

the guy says. “Aaron was real torn up when he thought you were dead. Glad you’re still

the Beta. “We should let

can find some keys to the

good idea but

you’ve got no idea how

the

and not going rogue while he was down here, especially after he thought I died,” I reply with a shrug. “It’s

had to take them off one of the bodies

to me.

are you looking for?”

Al tech my family’s company built that a faction within the

guy nods. “Second