Chapter 197
AARON
Themotion my words cause would beughable under any other circumstances.
Right now, however, I’m notughing.
It’s all I can do to remain still as Tobin and the other Elders call
for order.
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Every fiber of my being wants to chase after Leah.
To exin why I’m doing this, to make her understand this is
the only way I can protect her.
I don’t n to actually go through with the divorce.
I just need Tobin-or whoever it is on the Council trying to kill me-to believe I don’t care about Leah in
the slightest and keep her off their radar.
If anything happened to Leah, I know I would snap.
And like I told her earlier, I would burn the world down.
Eventually the Council brings the Powd
and by then, the aid has brought out the legal documents apparently stating that I will not make any
move against the Council to im any seats for myself.
Really, I should get my team ofwyers to look over this.
Who knows what else they could have hidden amongst the legal jargon?
But the Council and every other wolf in the hall is watching as
I’m handed a fountain pen.
If I don’t sign it, that would be tantamount to treason.
They would be within their rights to kill me or bind my wolf
here and now.
I take the pen and sh my signature across the bottom of the page, then stare up at the Council
definitely.
If they think a piece of paper is going to stop me, then they’re
sorely mistaken.
Someone sitting up there has tried numerous times to have
me killed.
One of those faces peering down from that stage has transgressed me in a way that cannot be
forgiven.
And when I find out who it was, no contract is going to prevent me from taking the revenge I deserve.
“Is there anything else you require of me?” I drawl, as if they’re beneath me and I have far better things
to do with my time
than pander to them.
Most of them scowl, probably because they see the truth of it.
I am superior and more powerful than them, and I do have better things to do with my time than kiss
their ass es.
“You are dismissed,” Tobin says with a wave of his hand. “But
Alpha Rathborn, know that we are keeping a close eye on
you.”
I pause as I take in the way Tobin is looking at me, the way he
said those words.
Is there some other threatyered underneath?
Is he unting the fact that he is the one who is out to get me?
Or am I simply reading too much into things?
I sketch a barely polite half-bow, and then return to my seat,
ignoring the way other wolves are gaping at me.
The Council finishes up with some other formalities, and at some point Karolina returns from where she
followed Leah, looking smug and I wonder what that’s about.
What could she have possibly talked to Leah about that would leave her looking so satisfied?
As one of the other Elders is talking, she leans over to whisper
with Tobin.
Tobin is harder to read. He nods several times, but otherwise
doesn’t seem to react much, and I wonder if she’s even mentioning Leah at all, or if they’re talking
about something
else altogether.
The meeting finishes and other wolves avoid me like the gue.
Usually I can’t get out of one of these meetings without other Alphas stopping me to curry favor or ask
for business advice.
Tonight, everyone knows I’m in the bad books with the Council and no one wants to be associated with
me.
It suits my dark mood just fine.
I make my way out to the parking lot, not bothering with the valet service when I have my contingent of
men waiting.
Leah, James and the other Rathborn SUVs are gone, and part of me is disappointed that I didn’t get to
see my mate onest
time.
Although, in the mood she was probably in, the best I could have expected of her would have been a
p across the face.
I put my mate from my mind for the time being.
At least for tonight, I know she is safe, even if she hates me
more than ever.