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 demand

expression hardens and then

That bi ch.

I

Of course it was.

wants to humiliate

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

me to

can’t believe Aaron 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 past

to us.”

stubbornly, crossing my arms. “Have

leave me out of

all you’re doing is acting like

puts in from where he’s still leaning

shoots him a narrow-eyed look as if he

but at the same time,

Axel have, putting in

say in what I

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

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

breath like he’s mustering as

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.

won’t like the

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

kidding,” Axel drawls. “People around

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

news makes me feel

treated Leah like

deserved it and

up, Emily. And Aaron regretted it afterwards. He did it

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 hurt him more than it hurts

think that Axel sees me as selfish. Some childish, selfish

doesn’t know what I’ve

nights being constrained. Not knowing if I’d be trapped and left to starve to death. The days left

inside