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.

thought this was a good idea?” I demand

and then I

That bi ch.

I demand, furious.

Of course it was.

to humiliate

she put the idea to Aaron, she made it sound

just wants to use me to

Aaron doesn’t see how manipulative

doesn’t matter who came up 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 right back to our own parents. We need to let go of the past and embrace a new future,

to us.”

crossing my arms.

me out

know all you’re doing is acting like a stubborn brat

still leaning against

shoots him a narrow-eyed look as if he

input, but at

Axel have, putting in his

no say in what

him my glorified babysitter. I glare at him. “This doesn’t concern you, rogue. So stop speaking. I don’t

his body tenses. But

a deep breath like he’s mustering

patience as he can.

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

into his voice that makes

won’t like

heel and marches out of the room, while I sag

not kidding,” Axel drawls.

when she used to

makes me

treated Leah like

it and

frowns. “It was f cked up, Emily. And Aaron regretted it afterwards. He did it because he thought she was conspiring with her pack

glass shakes free. “I didn’t mention it to suggest it was okay or to make you happy. I’m just reminding you that your

selfish. Some childish, selfish woman

doesn’t know

to starve to death. The days left alone with nothing to do except

away inside those