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.

is the one who hasn’t slept beside me

I still want a divorce,

moment before he banks the emotion.

to the driver, a wolf

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seat. I’m painfully aware of this man

he stirs

shifts his leg so it presses against

next two hours.

the Regional grounds, already cars are arriving and prominent alphas from across this part of the country are exiting limousines

wear expensive suits and gowns.

shirts. There is no formal uniform or etiquette

almost a calling card for

brand of

shirt and linen pants. The light

skin and his huge stature. The watch on his wrist is worth more than this

the front of

and polished shoes. New money. The

older couple surrounded by several wolves wear

while they look dirt poor, they’re sitting on more land than some small countries.

extends his hand to

My foot is mostly healed.

infected which is good. Aside from aches

I look

is drawn back into

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