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Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 258

Chapter 258 

LEAH 

I blink my eyes open and grimace when I realize my whole body hurts

I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck. And a train. And then a steamroller

Every muscle aches and every joint hurts and for a minute I can’t remember what happened

And I don’t know where I am

In some kind of office, and I’ve been left lying on a narrow cot

Just as I sit up, the door opens and Karolina comes in

In that second, all the memories of the past days come flooding back, and I gasp, my hand flying to my chest

I feel so empty

The absence of my mating bond with Aaron is like a black hole inside me

It’s a void at the very center of my soul that’s never going to 

be filled

Good, you’re awake.Karolina is carrying an electrolyte drink, which she brings over and hands to me

I take it with a murmured thanks, immediately worried about how grim she looks and the general negative vibe she’s giving off

Is everything okay?I ask, but then feel stupid for asking that question

Of course everything isn’t okay

I’ve just been forced to reject my mate and break our mating bond, and my husbandthe love of my lifeis going to be 

executed at the next full moon

I’m afraid I have some bad news,” Karolina says, crossing her arms and avoiding my gaze

I squeeze the electrolyte bottle until my knuckles ache

wanting to escape this room before I have to hear whatever it is that Karolina’s going to tell me

But I’m frozen in place and whatever this is, I can’t escape it

What happened?I ask, my stomach churning

Aaron didn’t survive breaking the mating bond,Karolina 

says in a nononsense voice, as if she doesn’t really care, or is uncomfortable about having to impart this news, and just 

wants it over and done with

And then her words really hit me

Didn’t survive

He- He’s dead?I stutter out in disbelief

Karolina nods, expression even more closed off. 

Yes, I’m afraid so.” 

But he’s so strong,I reply, totally bewildered

With everything else going on, Aaron not surviving when we broke the mating bond never even crossed my mind

He had the power of three Alpha’s!I just can’t wrap my head around how I could have survived and Aaron didn’t

And sometimes it’s the most powerful who fall the hardest,Karolina says

No,” I whisper, a shudder of grief going through my body, painful and twisting, like I’m feeling the mating bond breaking 

all over again. This can’t be happening.” 

“You should also know,Karolina continues, as if my whole 

world isn’t falling apart around me right now. In light of these 

events, the Council have decided to let you off from your part 

in Tobin’s death with light punishment. You may retain the title 

of Alpha in name only. The control of all four packsRathborn

Roberts, Leithrow and Havelockwill remain under Council 

control for the foreseeable future.” 

I’m nodding as if I agree, but in that second, I can’t care about any of it

Not when I’m now existing in a world where Aaron is no longer 

alive

I’ve already called Rathborn mansion and told them the news,Karolina says curtly. Someone will be here shortly to pick you up and take you home.” 

She doesn’t wait for me to say anything else, simply turns 

on her heel and leaves the room, shutting the door soundly 

behind her

All I can do is sit there in frozen, silent grief

I don’t want to move, because that’s going to make it real

And I can’t cope with Aaron’s death being real

I just can’t

I don’t know how to live when Aaron isn’t by my side

I have no idea how long I sit there, unmoving, barely breathing

Time has ceased to have any meaning

Eventually, however, the door opens and James steps inside. 

His eyes are redrimmed, his expression is haggard and there 

are bruises beneath his eyes as if he hasn’t been sleeping

Seeing him abruptly brings reality rushing back in

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