Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 283

AARON

The Council has offered me a seat at the table.

The same Council that tried to kill me now wants me to rule among them.

I immediately accept, knowing it’ll give me more control over the future of both my pack and family.

Axel lingers, and I can tell he’s not sure what to do with. himself, so I walk over and clap him on the shoulder.

“Thanks for your help today,” I tell him.

He shrugs. “Didn’t do much, partner. Most of the action had already gone down by the time your mate released me from

the cells.”

“Still, I appreciate your willingness to fight with us. Which is why there’s a place in my pack for you, if you want it.”

Axel looks surprised. “Even knowing all the rumors about me

and my past?”

“It doesn’t matter what people gossip about, I got to know you down in those cells, and I can see the real man you are beneath all that. Besides, what’s the point of making mistakes and leaving them in the past if we don’t get the chance to learn from them?”

cautions. “Eventually I’m going to have to go back and

I tell him

SUV where James and Leah are waiting. “I owe your

Leah will tell you she was just doing what was right,

at Leah then, and while there’s a hint of appreciation in his gaze, it’s not to the point where I feel threatened or think he

respect.

you’ve got there, Aaron,”

a low voice.

to admit it took me a while to realize that, but I definitely know it now, and I’m trying to prove

deserve her.”

doesn’t say anything else as

into my arms, and I hug her tight, enjoying the simple

against my chest. “I can’t believe we got so close, only for Ryker to steal it. What

shudder to think,” I tell her in return, which is the absolute

are unpredictable at

to even think about what a rogue wolf in possession of a weapon that can kill entire cities worth of people is planning to do

in her voice and in her expression as she leans back to

even if the Council hadn’t officially tasked

I still would have done

needs to secure that Al

Ryker.

being forced into a situation where you felt like you had to kill your mate for the greater good of all wolves at

not sure I would have simply gone rogue. More like I would have burned the