Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

All I want to do is rush across the hall and pull Aaron out

of that silver dock they’ve sat him in. To hold him, to know

everything is going to be okay.

All I can do is sit there and tell myself that justice will be done,

and Aaron will be found innocent.

It’s been days, and I never heard anything else from Karolina.

I don’t know what she’s been doing, or if she’s managed to

help Aaron in anyway.

I had hoped she would be able to stop this trial altogether, but

maybe that wasn’t within her power.

Still, since I was brought into the hall and forced to sit as far away from Aaron as possible, I’ve been trying to catch Karolina’s eye, but she’s been keeping her attention split

between Aaron and whichever Councilmember is talking at any given time and the longer it goes on, the colder my blood

starts to run.

Eventually I have to wonder if she tried to help us at all.

What if she was just humoring me the day we spoke?

The trial itself quickly becomes a blur.

The Council have brought together witnesses who have to be false, testifying that they knew Aaron had plans to kill Tobin for his power and a seat on the Council.

They play a tape that’s recorded from Aaron’s interview in the cells, and it’s clear to anyone with half a brain that they’ve edited it heavily and spliced it together to make Aaron appear guilty, threatening and almost unhinged, like he’s already half

gone rogue.

so I

put Aaron on the stand or ask him

himself.

with a look of

say anything as the

against him.

willing him to say something, anything.

few times he looks across at me,

mating

I can certainly feel the quiet fury building within him. But he knows exploding

wrapping up, I can’t take

jumping to my feet. “Aaron is

called evidence has been

look guilty.”

of murmurs that ripple through the crowd, I still hear him loud and

and talking directly to me. “This won’t help.

here while my mate, an

Council are

this, the swell of voices gets louder,

most of

enough, Luna Leah!” Samsen shouts, banging the gavel. “Compose yourself, or

hall.”

want to argue some more, desperation

to Aaron are surging through

Aaron says in a commanding Alpha voice. “Do as

here to see what happens, so I relent, even though my instincts–my inner wolf -is telling me it’s the

I should be fighting for my mate with every single

take a short recess to

off stage to the

privacy.

immediately erupts through the hall,

come right back and they don’t want to miss a

audience, I

rush across the space between

me and Aaron.