Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 21

LEAH

Wolves don’t beg.

They don’t grovel or back down,

A pack’s value comes from its strength.

I tilt my chin up.

I may be on my knees, but it doesn’t make me weak.

My will is strong. So is my willingness to fix this mess I’ve made.

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If Aaron won’t be reasonable then I will rely on the mercy of this Council.

“Ma’am Karolina, are we not all wolves?” I say.

Her lips purse. It’s a not so subtle reminder that everyone here is a wolf-except me.

“Our numbers are low,” I press on. “Our strength is tied to our

unity as a species. There must be justice, yes, but also mercy

pack might thrive. So that we can prosper as a

head encouraging me

maybe in making this sacrifice, I can give my life greater

reason-for the betterment of our collective packs-1, Leah Roberts Rathborn

Council member

offer myself as tribute in place of

my dead body!” Aaron

AARON

Leah gasps.

you

the Council. “Alpha Aaron is

want to shield me. But I stand by my vow. Please accept me as tribute in my father’s

attest, I sometimes make mistakes

accounting.”

it

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I’m her husband

ideas of divorce she may have been

possessive washes

her

her choose me.

want to twist my hands in her hair and hold her

to sink my teeth into her

world-will

do such a