Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 243

Chapter 243
LEAH
Aaron’s blunt words make my blood run cold.
Is this really happening?
Half of my childhood was sacrificed to prevent more war.
Now it looks as if an entirely new war is about to begin.
One that pits us against the very Council itself.
Part of me is terrified.
How can we take on the Council who rule all the packs, and expect to win?
Are we crazy for doing this?
But then, knowing everything we know, and considering the way Tobin came after Aaron, and someone attacked the hospital NICU with the express purpose of killing my infant son, how can we not do this?
Even if we didn’t fight, it’s obvious that whoever was helping Tobin won’t stop coming for us.
It seems they won’t be happy until Aaron is dead.
Maybe even until all three of us-me, Ethan and Aaron-are dead, no matter that Ethan is innocent in all this.
It’s painfully clear that elements within the Council have become corrupt, and we’re no longer talking about the survival of ourselves, or even just wolves.
The entire world might be at stake, and even though us wolves mostly live separately from humans and they don’t even know about our existence, that doesn’t mean I want to see the entire human race wiped out simply so wolves can be free.
Before I can say anything to Aaron’s startling announcement that we must prepare for war, James knocks on the door and hurries in without waiting for either myself or Aaron to reply.
When I see the look on his face, I immediately understand why.
Something is happening.
And whatever it is, it’s not good.
In fact, it might be really bad.
“Beta, what’s wrong?” Aaron asks, climbing to his feet.
“A contingent of Council SUVs have just arrived at the main gate,” James reports. “Do we stand, or do we let them in?”
“How many?” Aaron asks as he throws on his clothes.
“Six cars,” James replies.
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So possibly thirty men all up,” Aaron muses. “They’re on our pack land, walked right into our territory. We have the advantage, we could easily defeat thirty Council Enforcer wolves, even the highly trained ones.”
My stomach erupts with nervous butterflies as Aaron glances at me.
“If we fight them, then we can’t come back from that,” I say to him. That is blatantly defying and attacking the very Council itself.”
Aaron nods. “I know. Now isn’t the time. We need to be smart about this.”
He then turns to James “Tell the men to stand down. Let them pass.
Jamie’s JOOKS Worked. The Rows now precarious our situation is. But he nods, always the loyal Beta.
“Yes, Alpha.”
James leaves again, and Aaron turns to me as I quickly dress.
“Leah, whatever happens, just remember I love you.”
My chest aches as I throw myself into his arms, wishing I didn’t ever have to let him go.
“Don’t talk like this is goodbye, Aaron. I know things are bad, but somehow, we’ll get through this. We have to, for Ethan’s sake.”
Aaron nods and then kisses me, brief but intense.
After that, he pulls back, and it’s like I can see his armor settling over him.
“Okay, let’s go get this over with. We face them as a united front, together.”
“Together,” I agree.
For better or worse.