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.

I can start clearing up all these falsehoods, but

don’t even put Aaron on the stand or ask him to defend

himself.

sits there with a look of stony detachment

the evidence builds

against him.

him

looks across at me, as

our mating bond going both

within him. But he

wrapping up,

jumping

so called evidence

him look

this swell of murmurs that ripple through

me. “This won’t help. Remember

while my mate, an innocent man, gets condemned for

are

louder, and I can

of the Council.

Samsen shouts, banging the gavel. “Compose yourself, or you will

hall.”

to argue some more, desperation and

to happen to Aaron are

commanding Alpha voice. “Do as he

don’t want to be taken away, I need to be here to see what happens, so I relent, even though my instincts–my

fighting for my mate with every single atom

take a short

before the Councilmembers all get up and file off stage to

privacy.

chatter immediately erupts through the

right back and they don’t want

we have an audience,

rush across

me and Aaron.