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

still want a

flash gold for a moment before he

a

3/5

back into the seat. I’m painfully aware of this man and

the tumultuous emotions he stirs in

sitting close to Aaron but when he shifts his leg so it

two

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

wear expensive suits and gowns.

There is no formal uniform or etiquette

of each ruling family is almost a calling card for their

brand of

v-neck shirt and linen

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

father and brother are at the front of the line. They

polished shoes. New money. The

by several wolves wear jeans

t’s. They’re from the far north, and while they look dirt poor, they’re sitting on

extends his hand to help

cast on. My

Aside from aches and

look the

is drawn back into