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.

I bury my face into his shoulder, trying not to sob.

this,” he says,

do anything to keep you safe.

Aaron urges me

always love you. In this life and

next.”

want to reply, but I’m too choked

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

and then the Enforcers

to his feet, but I’m frozen, in denial that we’re even here and this is

the head, and then he walks

then, crying until my chest aches and I’m worried my heart is going to give out on me because it hurts

I get all that out

kicks in.

here crying

from me.

it and yelling until finally one of the guards they

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

will be granted as the guard glares at me and

later, the

Karolina walks in.

the commotion,” Karolina says,

dispassionately.

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

to appeal to your sense of

the future of

we move forward if the Council is

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