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.

even thought this was a good

expression hardens and then

That bi ch.

Leah’s idea?” I demand,

Of course it was.

wants to humiliate

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

just wants to use me to make

Aaron doesn’t see

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, one that can

to us.”

I say stubbornly, crossing my arms. “Have your

me

is acting like a stubborn brat

in from where he’s still leaning against the wall, sounding perpetually

shoots him a narrow-eyed look as if

but at the same time,

anyway, what right does Axel

say in

So stop speaking. I don’t have to accept my enemies any more than I have to accept you trailing my every move like some unwanted

and his body tenses.

deep breath

patience as he can.

that sharp pang of hurt because my brother sees

you will attend,” Aaron growls, injecting a powerful note of Alpha power into his voice that makes me flinch back. “I

won’t like

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

not kidding,” Axel drawls. “People

used to defy him. Even locked her up

me

Aaron treated Leah like

deserved it

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

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,

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

know

I’d be trapped and left to starve to death. The days

away inside those