Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 292

EMILY

“You can’t make me!” I scream, hurling the glass of water I was holding across the kitchen.

It smashes into the wall right next to Axel’s shoulder, but he doesn’t so much as flinch.

Even when he gets rained on by water and shards of glass.

He just stares at me in bored contemplation, like he would literally rather be anywhere else than stuck in this kitchen with

me right now.

Aaron flicks his hand and then the chef and other wolves who

were assisting him in the huge, luxuriously appointed, modern kitchen all scramble to flee the room, leaving me alone with

Aaron.

Well, apart from Axel.

Who doesn’t do anything other than to idly flick a shard of glass off his shoulder.

“Emily,” Aaron says in that overly patient voice I’m starting to

hate. “This party is for you. To officially welcome you back into the pack. There are people who haven’t seen you yet, who

will want to catch up with you. You’re the daughter of the last Alpha, the sister of the current Alpha. You’re important to the morale of the pack, and you will act accordingly.”

I want to pull my hair until it starts coming out in clumps.

What is there to even celebrate?

I’m not the same girl who walked out of this house ten years ago, the last morning before I was abducted.

I’m a freak now.

A monster.

I’m not fit to be part of this pack.

was a good idea?” I

hardens and

That bi ch.

was Leah’s idea?” I demand,

Of course it was.

to humiliate

idea to Aaron, she made it sound like she cared

to use me to make herself

Aaron doesn’t see how manipulative she

says through a tight jaw. “The point is that the pack needs this after all the loss we’ve suffered-recently

to us.”

stubbornly, crossing my arms. “Have

leave me out

all you’re doing is acting

from where he’s still leaning against the wall, sounding

shoots him a narrow-eyed look

want the input, but at the same time, doesn’t

Axel have,

say in

“This doesn’t concern you, rogue. So stop speaking. I

flash and his body tenses.

deep breath like he’s

patience as he can.

pang of hurt because

in your honor and you will attend,” Aaron growls, injecting a powerful note of Alpha power into his voice that makes me flinch back. “I love you. And I’m trying.

like

that, Aaron spins on his heel and marches out of the room, while I sag against the

drawls. “People around these

he used to punish Leah real bad when she used to defy him. Even

news makes me

Aaron treated Leah

it

was f cked up, Emily. And Aaron regretted it afterwards. He

it was okay or to make you happy. I’m just

tone makes me think that Axel sees me as selfish. Some childish, selfish woman who’s just acting

doesn’t know what

nights being constrained. Not knowing if I’d be trapped and left to starve to death. The days left alone with nothing to do except

away inside those