Chapter 194


    LEAH


    It feels like every person in the meeting hall is holding their breath as Aaron gets to his feet.


    This doesn’tst long, however, as a low swell of spective whispers rushes through the room.


    Is this why the Council called a special meeting?


    To deal with something Aaron has done?


    It’s been six months since he took on my own Alpha powers and survived, and I think I am only just


    now realizing what that really means.


    I’d been so caught up in the shock of surviving and losing my baby, and being mated to an Alpha who


    wants me even less than he did before, that I haven’t really taken the time to think


    about the fact that Aaron is the only Alpha in centuries to absorb the abilities of three Alphas and live to


    talk about it.


    Which technically makes him more powerful than any other wolf currently sitting on the Council.


    And


    “Councilmembers,” Aaron greets, polite but reserved as he stops in front of the stage. “How may I be of


    service?”


    “We are here to address your management of three separate packs,” Karolina begins.


    “Or more pointedly, yourck of management, since you have been handling all of them remotely,”


    Tobin puts in snidely.


    “The packs are doing just fine,” Aaron reassures in a calm


    voice.


    “Are they?” Tobin asks. “What if we told you we’ve had some


    Aaron arches an imperious brow. “From whom?”


    “The details are unimportant,” Karolina says with a dismissive wave. “You must see that your current


    standing, Alpha Rathborn, is potentially problematic for the Council.”


    Aaron inclines his head, but I can see anger in the line of his


    shoulders. “I have no design on any Council seats, if that’s


    your worry.”


    “Then you won’t mind signing a legal document to that effect,”


    one of the other Elders demands.


    “My loyalty is to the Council and the prosperity


    as always,” Aaron replies diplomatically, answering without


    answering.


    “Have the documents brought out,” Tobin orders one of the


    aids standing off to the side of the stage. “So that Alpha Rathborn can sign in the presence of his fellow


    wolves.”


    The Council have nned this so Aaron can only agree. Any refusal to do so would be seen as a slight


    and disloyalty to the


    Council.


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    I start as Karolina calls my name.


    “You will join your mate and husband!”