Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 249

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. 

Aaron pulls me into him and I bury my face into his shoulder, trying not to sob. 

“I’m sorry you got dragged into this,” he says, his voice rough. 

“I would do anything to keep you safe. You and Ethan. You know that, right?” 

I nod, and then Aaron urges me to look up at him. 

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

next.” 

I want to reply, but I’m too choked up. 

Aaron leans in and kisses me gently, tenderly, and I can feel all of that love flowing over me. 

It ends too soon, and then the Enforcers are telling Aaron his time is up. 

Aaron gets to his feet, but I’m frozen, in denial that we’re even here and this is happening to us. 

He tells me one last murmured goodbye, leans down to kiss me on the head, and then he walks out, leaving me alone in that sparse room. 

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

But once I get all that out of my system, my determination 

kicks in. 

I am not going to sit here crying and let my mate be taken 

from me. 

I get up and go to the door, banging on it and yelling until finally one of the guards they left out in the hallway opens the door. 

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

I’m not sure whether my request will be granted as the guard glares at me and then slams the door. 

However, maybe ten minutes later, the door opens and 

Karolina walks in. 

“I hear you’ve been causing quite the commotion,” Karolina says, crossing her arms and regarding me somewhat 

dispassionately. 

I wonder if I’ve 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 now. 

“Councilwoman, I want to appeal to your sense of justice. I 

know you care about the future of wolves and the packs. How 

can we move forward if the Council is more interested in its 

own standing than carrying out actual justice?” 

Karolina’s features tighten, and I can tell I’ve hit some kind of 

nerve, I’m just not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. 

“What do you mean?” she asks, and I hope that means she might be willing to listen and help me.