Chapter 249

Tears start trickling down my face.

“Aaron, we can’t let this happen!” I say desperately. “We have to prove you’re innocent.”

“I know, Leah, and believe me, James is working on it, along

with a few other people who owe me favors. But we can’t

count on them being able to convince the Council when it

comes to the actual trial. It’s going to be a sham. They want

an excuse to get rid of me and what I represent. So when

the time comes, I need you to promise to break our mating

bond. Maybe it’ll kill both of us. But I know you’re strong and

determined. It’s the only chance we’ve got to make sure one of us goes home to Ethan.”

I nod through the tears, but it’s not enough for Aaron.

“Promise me, Leah,” he says in a gentle, but firm voice.

“I promise,” I managed to utter, though my voice is breaking

with sadness.

and I bury my face

you got dragged into this,” he says,

keep you safe. You and Ethan. You know that,

and then Aaron urges me to look

you,” he says. “I’ll always love you. In this life and the

next.”

to reply, but I’m too choked up.

and kisses me gently, tenderly, and I can feel all of that love

the Enforcers are telling Aaron

that we’re

tells me one last murmured goodbye, leans down to kiss me on the head, and then

I’m worried my heart is going to

all that out of

kicks in.

not going to sit here crying and

from me.

finally one of the guards they left out in the hallway

tells me to shut the hell up, but I demand to see

be granted as the guard glares at me and

minutes later, the door

Karolina walks in.

quite the commotion,” Karolina says, crossing her arms and regarding me

dispassionately.

done the right thing in asking to see her, but it seemed like maybe she was trying to help me in the past, and I don’t have any other good options right

appeal to

of

Council is more interested in

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