Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 22

LEAH

The rest of the meeting is a blur.

Aaron hauls me to my feet and starts talking over the noise in the room about ‘personally conducting an investigation.’ And then, out of deference to me, he offered to pay my father’s bad debt so that the Regional Council would not be impacted

while he sorted through matters.

Which, of course, made everyone think he was some kind of

savior.

But could you really praise a firefighter for saving a burning building if he was the one who started the fire in the first

place?

No. Of course not.

And what Aaron did is criminal and gaslighting and all kinds

of twisted.

But it isn’t just Aaron who came out of the meeting smelling

like roses.

I made a good impression too, apparently. I struck a chord with some of the Elders. And they’ve granted my father a

reprieve because of it.

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old days, loyalty was most prized because it held packs. together. At least a few of the council members appreciated my display of loyalty and my willingness to sacrifice myself for my

of treachery or broken laws would be handled internally.

never turn a wolf over to humans.

anyway.

the result I was hoping for

and that has to count for

I can

Aaron keeps his hand on my arm and brings me out of the building to the car. He opens the door, physically lifts me into the backseat and fastens

the door ever so

gentle gesture that lets me know

wants to slam it.

in from the opposite side, slides

until he’s sitting next to me and

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wheel this time, and I wonder what that’s about. Typically, Aaron doesn’t go anywhere without James or

the vehicle

two other vehicles are nowhere to

left Aaron instructs the driver

are we going?” I

purses his

anything. I

dad.

guess that extends to going wherever he wants to

been avoided,” he says, “If

me.”

a face. I stare at him for

“Oh. You’re serious.”

course, I

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with no food for a week. The man who set me up to be convicted of embezzling-only to pin it