Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 301

EMILY

I can’t risk getting any closer, otherwise Axel might sense or

scent me.

But I’m dying from curiosity.

Something is going on here.

I just don’t know if it’s something good or something bad.

I have no idea why Axel would shift and run all the way out here just to intercept those vampires who came to the house to threaten my brother and our pack.

Part of me thinks we should just hand over Leah and the Roberts pack. That would certainly solve our problems.

Aaron isn’t responsible for their bad choices, and he shouldn’t have to pay for them.

I’m not close enough to hear what’s being said, even with my heightened hearing.

The way Axel and the three vampires are all warily regarding each other, I don’t think they know each other.

They’re not acting familiar, so I don’t think Axel was lying when

he told Aaron he a never met these vampires before.

But what the hell could he be talking to them about?

I watch for another few minutes at the heated exchange.

Eventually, however, the vampires get back in their vehicle.

Axel stays standing in the road, watching them as they roll past him and then the luxury sedan quickly disappears into the night.

I have to shift quickly then, and speed off into the darkness, hoping Axel doesn’t scent me when he comes back this way.

the north with the promise of new snow, so I’m

to the mansion, trying to figure out what Axel

could have even needed to

I strip off my clothes and hurriedly tie a bathrobe around my body,

gone.

lie of me trailing him with such a charade, but I have no idea how Axel might react if he found

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that I

as his mate, so I can assume he would protect me from his own wrath if I accidentally-or not so

step back out of the bathroom, Axel walks into the room, and my heart immediately picks

curse my own body’s

to matter to my

me feel things

want things I shouldn’t want

it clear that

same way.

try to force

to sound casual. “Did you get

doesn’t answer right away, and I have to turn back to him to read his

problem is, Axel is almost impossible to

www

to deal with me

my face not to

he know

eventually says. “So I didn’t get to

I’m going to bed now,” I tell him instead of saying anything about his lack of conversation with

and get my PJs out of the

Axel says, before sending me a

gave Axel the empty guest

wondered a time or two whether Axel sleeps, or if he just lays awake all night and listens for any

but so far

to try.