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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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

the Elders, matters of treachery or

over to humans. Not

anyway.

not the result I was hoping for but I’ve

to count for something.

than I can say

Aaron keeps his hand on my arm and brings me out of the building to

door ever

the kind of intentionally gentle gesture that lets me

wants to slam it.

from the opposite

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

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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 weird not to

vehicle

two other vehicles are nowhere to

Aaron instructs the driver to

going?” I

his lips bemusedly.

anything. I

dad.

guess that extends to going wherever he wants to

this could have been avoided,”

me.”

turn to make a face. I stare at him

You’re

course, I am.”

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for a week. The man who set me up to be convicted of embezzling-only to pin it on my father.” I scoff.