Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 61

Aaron doesn’t budge.

I can feel the tension rising between them.

I smile at my brother to try and lighten the mood.

He mumbles something. I’m not a wolf but I can smell the booze on him. It’s like a cloud of alcohol. Well, duh, dad d ied. Of course he may have gone on a bender. I’ve never had that luxury. Which is probably a good thing. I keep my emotions walled up tight. One drunken night might crack those walls and I imagine I’ll be a mess if I ever let all these bottled feelings free.

I look at Aaron, willing him to back up. He’s crowding both of us and it’s like a dog marking his territory.

I don’t want him here.

But I know if I’m not careful, I might reignite an all-out war.

“Come on, honey,” Aaron says. “You should go inside and get cleaned up. You need to rest. To eat.”

Honey? Honey?

endearments than in all the years I’ve known

occasional “princess” but even those were relayed with a sense of derision.

don’t care how they make me feel. It’s too little too late, and given all he’s done to me and my family,

I don’t say any of

that’s a

smiles like I handed him the sun.

brow creasing. “Uh, okay.

house-a massive Colonial with huge

paint is peeling off the

are overrun

expanse of

walks beside me. His presence is big and looming, dangerous. But I don’t feel threatened, at least,

and they’re assessing…everything. I