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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the 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

the Elders, matters of treachery or broken laws would be

never turn a wolf over to humans. Not willingly,

anyway.

not the result I was hoping

to

I can say for me.

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 gently.

the kind of intentionally gentle gesture that lets

wants to slam it.

the opposite

he’s sitting next to me and then barks, “Drive!”

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the wheel this time, and I wonder what that’s about. Typically, Aaron doesn’t go anywhere without James or William, so it’s weird not to see one of

the vehicle with

other vehicles are nowhere to be

instructs the driver to

we going?”

purses his

anything. I

dad.

going wherever he wants to

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

me.”

face. I stare at him for

You’re

course, I am.”

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