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Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 273
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Chapter 273

The pain is what wakes me up.

I find myself tied to a chair, held in place by the same kind of silver-wolfsbane infused chains that Tobin

used that night at the factory when he tried to kill me for my Alpha powers.

I bring my head up, clenching my jaw against the constant searing and burning that’s keeping me from

shifting back into my wolf.

I’m in some kind of rundown house, in what was once maybe a den or living room.

The ceiling is water stained, the carpet is mottled and moldy so it’s impossible to tell what the original

color was, the drywall is cracked, and the dirty, tattered curtains shift from the breeze coming in from

the broken window.

It smells like rats and decay.

What the hell am I doing here?

Why aren’t I in the cells in the basement of the Council Hall any longer?

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The door opens and in walks Karolina.

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At this point I’m not all that surprised.

There’s always been something about Karolina I didn’t like or trust, this low-level vibe of malice that

wasn’t obvious on the surface of her personality where she seems like an upstanding Councilmember

who only wants what’s best for the packs and the continued survival of wolves.

“Ah, you’re awake,” Karolina says as she struts in. “Those Alpha

powers you have really are something. Wrap any other wolf in chains like that, and they would have

been dead hours ago.”

“What am I doing here, Karolina?” I ask through a clenched

jaw.

“It’s quite simple, Aaron,” she replies with a shrug, as if she doesn’t have a care in the world. But when

she looks at me, I see the true frustration and fury in her gaze. “I’m sick of your getting in the way and

messing up my plans.”

“I’d apologize, but I’m not sorry,” I tell her in a deceptively mild voice. “Besides, I don’t even know what

plans you’re talking

about.”

This seems to annoy her further.

“I had it all figured out with Tobin. We were going to take

wolves forward into a bright future. The Council is too attached to the Old Ways. And when wolves from

the Old Country turn up and start meddling, it just gets worse. The Old Ways don’t serve us any longer.

The Old Ways mean we have to hide from humans. We’re hunted, even as we fight between ourselves

to the point that our species is in dangerous decline. Are we just supposed to hang onto the Old Ways

until they wipe us out?”

She looks at me, as if expecting an answer, but I sit stubbornly still and silent.

“Of course we’re not!” she exclaims, answering her own question. “But it’s fine. My plans are back on

track. I can see it through. I just need you to be out of the way. And I realized there’s a simple answer

to that. One that will ensure I can be strong enough to stand against whatever resistance I encounter

when the world begins reshaping for the better. People can’t always see it that way, you know. They’re

scared, so they hang onto what is familiar, even when it’s so obviously pointless. But they’ll see. They’ll

see what we wolves can do when we innovate. When we create tools humans asked for, but use them

for our own advantage instead.”

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Her words take a moment to sink in through all the pain, but when they do, it’s confirmation of

something I didn’t want to

be true.

“You’ve got the Al tech,” I say. “Tobin took it, and you took it.

from him.”

Karolina smirks but doesn’t reply and I can’t read anything in her expression.

“Oh, Aaron, can’t you see that demanding answers doesn’t do you any good at all?”

She crosses her arms, and I can tell she’s enjoying every second of this.

“Tell me. Now!” I snarl at her.

“What’s the point in knowing anything when you’re going to be too dead to do anything about it?” She

lifts her foot and shoves it into my shoulder, sending the chair tipping back and slamming me painfully

into the ground.

“I figured it out, you see.” She brings over a large plastic tub and a hose she’s dragged in, presumably

from somewhere outside. “I’ve got the means to make real, lasting change, and to back that up, all I

need are your Alpha powers.”