Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 18

the meeting and back.

1 file out behind them.

When I get into his idling SUV and buckle my seatbelt Aaron

looks at me oddly. “You should stay home tonight,” he tells me.

It’s the first time he’s spoken to me since the attack. “I haven’t

missed a meeting since I came here.”

“You’re injured.”

The implication being that I’m ‘human’. That I’m weak.

True, but … “It’s because I was attacked that I should be present. There are threats that the Council needs to be aware

of.”

“Do you plan to petition them for a divorce?”

So that’s why he wants me to stay. To silence me. He has the nerve to look earnest and upset that I want to leave him when he is the one who broke his vows and impregnated another

woman.

who hasn’t slept beside me

want

flash gold for a moment before he banks the emotion. Then he shrugs. “Suit yourself.”

driver, a wolf named William. “Let’s go.”

3/5

I’m painfully aware

emotions he

close to Aaron but when he shifts his leg so it presses against mine, I wonder if I can endure his nearness for

next two hours.

alphas from across this

wear expensive suits and gowns. Others are

formal uniform or etiquette and the

is almost a calling card for

brand of influence.

v-neck shirt and linen pants. The light

bronzed skin and his huge stature. The watch on his wrist is worth more than this car and though he doesn’t flaunt it, he projects power and wealth.

father and brother are at the front of the

polished shoes. New money. The

several wolves wear jeans and

look dirt poor, they’re sitting on

door and extends his hand to help me out.

cast on. My foot is mostly healed. It didn’t

which is good. Aside

I look the

dark hair is drawn back into a simple