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.

a good idea?”

expression hardens and then I

That bi ch.

I demand,

Of course it was.

wants to

when she put the idea to Aaron, she made it sound like she cared about me and my standing within the

just wants to use me to make

believe Aaron doesn’t see how manipulative she

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

to us.”

I say stubbornly, crossing my arms. “Have

leave me out

doing is

still

him a narrow-eyed

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

does Axel

say in

glorified babysitter. I glare at him. “This doesn’t concern you, rogue. So stop speaking. I don’t have to accept my enemies any more than I have to accept

body tenses. But he

breath like

patience as he can.

whatever. I won’t apologize. And that sharp pang of hurt because my brother

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. We are all trying. But kindly remember

won’t like

spins on his heel and marches out of the room, while I sag against the nearby counter, feeling like I’ve been run

Axel drawls. “People around

when she used to defy him. Even locked her up and starved her for days at

me feel a

Aaron treated Leah like

deserved it

He did it

was okay or to make you

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

doesn’t know what

to starve to death. The days left alone with nothing

inside