Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5
I’m so f*cking angry it’s a miracle I don’t explode into my true form.
Divorce? She wants a divorce.
That’s not happening.
“Think long and hard on what you’re
saying right now, Leah.”
“I have.”
She has no idea of the consequences.

“This peace is a fragile one,” I remind
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her. “Our marriage holds it in place. You sever it, and I’ll be forced to take other measures to protect this pack.”
“Be reasonable, Aaron. Both your pack and mine have thrived in the ceasefire. It
doesn’t make sense to fight anymore.”
I shake my head at the hubris of this girl.
She wasn’t even born when the true
horrors of her father’s reign shattered my world. She doesn’t know of the
constant fighting. The bloodshed. The
horrific aftermath.
She didn’t have to bury what was left of
a sibling.

I stand here staring at her defiant face, the stubborn glint in her pale eyes. By sneaking off packlands she’s already
illustrated that she can’t be trusted.
“You’re forcing my hand,” I warn her. “And you’re going to regret it.”
“This is my life, Aaron. It’s about time I
took control of it.”
Bah. She sounds like a child taking a
tantrum. But she’s a woman who is the
wife of the most powerful alpha in this
region.
She can’t just flit off when we have
responsibilities.

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“Where did you go: Task her. “What are
you hiding?”
Her full lips press into a thin line. She
refuses to say a word.
drag Leah out-not one of my finer moments-into another bedroom. I toss
her in and barricade the door.
Then I barrel down the backstairs and
out onto the terraced lawn before I do
something I’ll really regret.
She’ll stay there until she’s ready to talk.
I assign guards positioned to watch her.
And those guards who’d been on duty
Bad Love: An Alpha’s Regret