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

expression hardens and then

That bi ch.

I demand, furious. “Wasn’t

Of course it was.

to

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

wants to use me to make herself look

doesn’t see how manipulative

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

to us.”

say stubbornly, crossing my arms. “Have your

leave me out

doing is acting like a

in from where he’s still leaning

shoots him a narrow-eyed look as

the input, but at

anyway, what right does Axel have, putting in

no say in what I

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

eyes flash and his body tenses. But he doesn’t

deep breath

patience as he can.

pang of hurt because my brother sees me

that makes me flinch back. “I love you. And I’m trying.

won’t like

and marches out of the room, while I sag against the nearby counter,

not kidding,” Axel drawls. “People

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

me feel

Aaron treated

deserved it

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

his eyes when another piece of 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 brother can be cold and calculating when he has to be. Don’t push him to that, Emily. It’ll

me as selfish.

doesn’t know what

left to starve to death. The days left alone with nothing to do except wait, wondering if my life would be the total

inside those