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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a few of the council members appreciated my display of loyalty

matters of treachery or broken laws would

never turn a wolf over to humans.

anyway.

I was hoping for but

that has to

more than I can

my arm and brings me out of the building to the car. He opens the door, physically lifts me into the backseat and

door ever so

intentionally gentle gesture that lets me know

wants to slam it.

in from the opposite side,

he’s sitting next to

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Aaron doesn’t go anywhere without James or William, so it’s weird

vehicle with

are nowhere to

Aaron instructs the driver to go right.

going?” I ask.

purses his lips

anything. I promised. Hoping he’d save my

dad.

wants to go

avoided,” he says,

me.”

to make a face. I stare at him for

“Oh. You’re serious.”

I am.”

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it in my face. The man who locks. me in a room with no food for a week. The man who set me up to be convicted of embezzling-only to pin it on my father.” I scoff. “You do realize, if my father does have to testify in court, he’ll