Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 295

AXEL

Emily is a spitfire. Which is a dan side better than a few minutes ago when she looked like she was going to pass out.

“I know a thing or two about panic attacks,” I tell her in reply.

Her features crease in confusion.

“I wasn’t having a panic attack.”

“You really were, sweetheart. Thought you were going to keel over right there in the middle of that ridiculously fancy ballroom. Who even has a ballroom in this day and age?”

Just as I’d hoped, Emily laughs, and some more color comes

into her face.

“It is kind of ridiculous,” she agrees.

She takes another sip of water, her expression becoming thoughtful.

“You’ve had panic attacks?” she asks me, clearly not sure if

she has any right to question me like that.

ner,

She 188ks & little disappointed. “But

someone I was close to once. Used to have them regularly, and they were way more debilitating. I had to figure out the best way to help. I picked up a trick or two.”

silent for a moment, dropping her

you,” she eventually whispers. “It felt like I was going to

say anything?” I

not be my mate-only because it’s impossible and I refuse to subject someone as beautiful and fragile as her to a life chained

to suffer

you-told me to behave,” she replies, her eyes losing

in my hand and urge her to look back

difference between being

miserable,” I tell her.

there?” she asks bitterly, before

she’s staring out to the land beyond

where fields eventually give way

begins, but then

and run,” I tell her, reading the longing in her

I can also sense the wildness in her, the need

able to get her through the rest

to cover for you, at least for a little

eagerly, so I get out my phone and send a message to Aaron, making up an excuse about a torn skirt and we might be a little while before she either fixes it or decides on a

guessing he’s busy with other Alpha duty now, or

Leah and Ethan.

at least walk down past the

us going,” I say as

spring in her step now

can’t say I’ve made

is still strong within me, despite having rejected her

a curse that Aaron

he’d say if he knew Emily was my

someone like me as his sister’s mate? After all, even if the stories aren’t completely true, he’s still heard all