Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 252

Chapter 252 

LEAH 

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 keep waiting to be called to give my testimony, so I can start clearing up all these falsehoods, but it doesn’t happen. 

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

himself. 

Aaron sits there with a look of stony detachment on his face 

and doesn’t say anything as the evidence builds and builds 

against him. 

I find myself willing him to say something, anything. 

A few times he looks across at me, as if he can feel my mental 

nudging–who knows, with our mating bond going both ways 

now, maybe he can. I can certainly feel the quiet fury building within him. But he knows exploding or interjecting at this point will only make him look worse. 

When I realize things seem to be wrapping up, I can’t take it any longer. 

“This is a travesty!” I shout, jumping to my feet. “Aaron is 

innocent. All of this so called evidence has been concocted to 

make him look guilty.” 

“Leah,” Aaron says, and even though he doesn’t say it very loud, and there’s this swell of murmurs that ripple through the crowd, I still hear him loud and clear, like he’s standing 

right next to me and talking directly to me. “This won’t help. Remember what I told you.” 

“I’m not just going to stand here while my mate, an innocent man, gets condemned for crimes he didn’t commit just 

because the Council are scared of him!” 

At this, the swell of voices gets louder, and I can tell I’ve pissed 

off most of the Council. 

“That is enough, Luna Leah!” Samsen shouts, banging the gavel. “Compose yourself, or you will be removed from this 

hall.” 

I want to argue some more, desperation and fear for what is 

going to happen to Aaron are surging through me like acid. 

“Leah,” Aaron says in a commanding Alpha voice. “Do as he says.” 

I don’t want to be taken away, I need to be here to see what happens, so I relent, even though my instincts–my inner wolf -is telling me it’s the wrong thing to do. 

That I should be fighting for my mate with every single atom of my being. 

“The Council will now take a short recess to deliberate,” 

Samsen announces, before the Councilmembers all get up and file off stage to the back area where they can have some 

privacy. 

Loud chatter immediately erupts through the hall, but 

everyone stays seated, as if they expect the Council to come right back and they don’t want to miss a second of the unfolding drama. 

I don’t care that we have an audience, I get up and dodge the 

Enforcers standing nearby to rush across the space between 

me and Aaron. 

He stands when I reach him and extends his arms through the 

silver frame. 

“Be careful of the silver, love, I don’t want you to get burned,” 

he tells me as he catches my hands.