Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

AARON

“No!” I shout, stepping in front of Leah as if I can protect her from this “Leah had nothing to do with it. Our son needs his mother. You have no right to detain her as well!”

“Alpha Rathborn, you will conduct yourself in a calm manner, as befits your station,” Samsen says coldly.

Meanwhile, Petyr is making some kind of call on his phone.

“F uc k you, Samsen,” I say crudely, making the Elder look even more unimpressed. “My wife is innocent in all this. So no, I’m not going to stand calmly by while you detain her. I’ll go with you for this farce of an investigation and trial, but you leave Leah out of it. You’ve got no proof she did anything wrong.”

Samsen arches an eyebrow and gives a cynical laugh. “No proof? She has Tobin’s Alpha powers. What other proof could we possibly need?”

Before I can answer, there’s a commotion in the hall outside the room.

James comes in, looking pis sed as hell, because after him come twelve Council Enforcers,

I immediately growl and back up, taking Leah with me until we’re almost cornered. Which is definitely not ideal.

I know I could most likely rip through every wolf in this room and come out victorious.

Except then the Council wouldn’t just send out Enforcers to detain me

They’d send out a hit squad to put me down like a rabid dog

I knew the Council would come for me

they’d come for Leal as

make peace with the thought of whatever the Council had planned

take Leah as well, leaving

that’s a whole

and Petyr motion for

for you, Alpha Rathborn?” Petyr asks “Is it how you want things to end for your wife? Or

Da mn it.

got me by the balls, and they know

of you,” I say, and the

a little, though

Alpha Rathborn!” Petyr yells, and I get some satisfaction out of that. I can tell he feels like he’s losing

situation

room, he

I am

slowly straighten and relax

show them how

They already know it.

then I let my eyes glow menacingly with my wolf. “But know the only reason I’ll be sitting there in that cell is because I want to be. No bars-silver or otherwise-can keep me captive if

all waiting for someone else

forward and hold out

forward and then quickly snaps silver

making the cuffs snap apart and drop

from me, as if he’s worried