Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 288

AARON

I step into the sitting room, I’m eager to see my sister for the first time in ten years.

Emily has her back to me, staring out the window.

Axel stands by, looking both annoyed and bored, and I briefly wonder if Emily has been difficult to put him in such a mood since the last time I saw him.

I don’t know what to expect.

Jessica’s warning about Emily’s fragile state keeps echoing in my mind.

Emily is going to be difficult; I know that much.

Who wouldn’t be after a decade in captivity?

My sister is no doubt broken in many different ways and needs the support of myself and the pack so she can slowly put her life back together.

“Emily,” I say softly as I approach, and she whirls around to

face me, eyes wide like a cornered, panicked animal.

“It’s okay,” I tell her calmly. “You’re home now. You’re safe.”

Emily’s eyes fill with tears as she steps forward.

against

the miracle

living with the pain of my entire immediate family being dead

her tears, voice mu fled against

you mean?” I ask worriedly, setting her back from me a

dart around the room, as if she expects to be attacked at

she is under the same roof as me,” Emily whispers in a shaky

I ask in suspicion, though I think I already know who my

if it should be obvious. “How

a wolf in sheep’s clothing right under your

shake my head sadly at

she is the pack. She is Luna, and the beating heart of us. We wouldn’t be here, living peacefully now,

snaps, pulling away from me. “I’m the only one who can see clearly. Mark my words, I will not accept her

rush through me,

anger.

more unwell than

directing all the pain of her captivity toward the person who deserves it the

who found and rescued

I know I have her attention and she will be compelled to do as I say. “Leah is your Luna, and you will accept it. Furthermore, you will not look upon her with suspicion. She-and I as your brother-do not deserve such disrespect. If you do anything that threatens the safety of your Luna, or anyone in the pack for that matter, there will

down Emily’s cheeks and she looks wounded, as if I’ve physically harmed her in some

but I can’t let this

mind has been muddled by all those years of captivity. You’re stuck in a past that doesn’t exist anymore. I’m going to do everything I can to help you. Just please, don’t fight me on

and I can’t tell if she

not.