Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 103

“Oh dear.” I laugh lightly, as if he’s mistaken. “I guess we’ll need to change cleaning companies.”

It’s a lame attempt at a joke.

Liam chuckles-bless him.

Tobin just blinks at me.

Inside, I’m dying.

Does Tobin mean me? Or is he sniffing out Marla. Upstairs. In

a trunk???

The other wolves all pause and look at us questioningly.

Aaron drops a hand on Tobin’s shoulder. “We slaughtered two

steers for the event, and my chef roasted a whole p ig. Always thinking with your gut, huh?”

He doesn’t rescind his comment. Just looks at me, then up the

stairs, then back at me again.

Sh it.

“It’s this way,” I say.

The others continue walking and the moment Tobin falls into step, I move to catch up to Karolina, not wanting to risk any more interactions with Tobin or him sniffing out any more information about me-or any dead bodies on our property.

Once within the dining room, the Elders position themselves at the long table.

Liam has instructed some of his wolves to move the serving.

platters and dishes to the opposite end to allow everyone to

sit comfortably.

Aleksei sits at the head of the table. Samsen and Petyr on

either side of him.

on the far side, so her back

Tobin remains standing.

in and sits next to

next, on the other side by Karolina.

group of them. And next

Aaron.

Thank goodness.

feel myself

done nothing wrong, but the presence of so many Council members signifies something of importance. I

what that might

Aaron,” Samsen begins. “You accrued the powers

né Leithrow attacked your Luna in the Grove on the night of the

“That is correct.”

absorbed more

too busy trying not to d ie as

else was going on.

strong is Aaron that he could absorb power like that and barely flinch? I’d been thrashing and convulsing and on the verge of biting off my own tongue. I thought my bones. were going to break from the force of it.

didn’t complain. Not once.

of power and when

me out of that Grove and took

be hurting and exhausted too.

Da mn.

he squeezes my

thought occurs to me and I wonder if this is why he didn’t make such a big deal about

in the same room.

taking control of

week for you,” I

Karolina nods like

I should’ve known. He should’ve told me. Not that

talking all that much, but…still.

the

I have my answer.

I should’ve known.

pack principle in

strength to the person who

at any time with blood or a bit of hair, some ‘marker’ so the

have a pretty good idea. of how my dad managed to leave his powers to me. And then. he did go and notify his pack and that word got back to the

but somehow in the course of that night, it became clear that I was set to inherit, not

there was

courage to ask. I don’t know much about the details. surrounding his death or how it played

groomed since we were kids to follow in my father’s

him. And that’s what transpired with Aaron in the Grove.

my dad made me watch with him as