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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few of the council members appreciated my display of loyalty and my willingness to sacrifice myself for my

the time of the Elders, matters of treachery or broken laws would be handled

never turn a wolf over to humans. Not willingly,

anyway.

was hoping for but I’ve bought my

has to count for something.

more than I can say

out of the building to the car. He opens the door, physically lifts me into the

door ever so gently.

intentionally gentle gesture

wants to slam it.

opposite

until he’s sitting next to me

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Cedric at the wheel this time, and I wonder what that’s about. Typically, Aaron doesn’t go anywhere without James or William, so it’s

the vehicle with

are nowhere to be

Aaron instructs

are we going?” I

purses his

anything. I promised. Hoping he’d

dad.

guess that extends to going wherever he wants to go

this could have been avoided,” he says, “If you’d

me.”

a face. I stare at

You’re serious.”

I

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man who set me up to be convicted of embezzling-only to pin it on my father.” I scoff. “You do realize, if