Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 253

I hold my breath, not sure I can hear this, but certain I can’t not hear it at the same time.

“By majority vote,” Samsen announces. “We find Alpha Aaron Rathborn guilty on all charges.”

Noise erupts through the hall, some people exclaiming in shock, others protesting, some even cheering.

It’s chaos.

But I’m stuck on the words he said.

By majority.

Does that mean not all of the Council believes Aaron is guilty?

If some Councilmembers don’t agree with the verdict, then surely they can’t go ahead with this.

There must be some sort of appeal process, some way to get this reversed.

I’m frozen and dizzy and feel sick, but also not surprised.

Aaron kept telling me how this was going to play out, but I

didn’t want to believe him.

“The hall will come to order!” Samsen shouts over the chaos.

everyone settles down and it

sounds unusually loud, and I realize I’m on the

verge of panic.

“By virtue of a guilty verdict from this Council,

full moon.”

harder and harder to

over at Aaron, but he’s closed his eyes and

grief settling

until this

you will approach the stage,” Samsen then says.

don’t react right

I don’t think I can walk.

pulling me to my feet and

and I lock

to sway.

Samsen says, looking down on me. “The

fate. You may remain mated to Alpha Rathborn and risk your own death through the

execution, or you may choose to break

save yourself that fate.

breaking the mating bond can in itself cause death, depending on how deeply you

mated.”

at Aaron, but it’s like I somehow locked

not just my knees.

than either of us could have ever imagined. And now it

1. me.

if we break the mating bond are

bones that if I don’t break the mating bond,

bond transcends death.

proved that when he brought me back from beyond death that

eyes for a moment, forcing myself to breathe