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?” I

expression hardens and

That bi ch.

idea?” I demand,

Of course it was.

to

to Aaron, she made it sound like she cared about me and my standing within

wants to use me to make herself look

doesn’t

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.”

say stubbornly, crossing my

leave me

is acting like a

puts in from where he’s still leaning against

shoots him a narrow-eyed

at the

right does Axel

say in what I

matter if Aaron appointed him my glorified babysitter. I glare at him. “This doesn’t concern you, rogue. So stop speaking. I don’t have to accept my enemies

eyes flash and his body

deep breath like he’s mustering as

patience as he can.

apologize. And that sharp pang of hurt because my brother

is 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

like

marches out of the room,

not kidding,” Axel drawls.

Leah real bad when she used to defy him. Even locked her up and starved her for

makes me feel

treated Leah like

it

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

it was okay or to make you happy. I’m just reminding you that your brother can be cold and calculating

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

know

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

away inside