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.

from the north with the promise of new snow, so I’m hoping that’ll cover the

the mansion, trying to figure out what Axel going

needed to say

a bathrobe around my body,

gone.

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

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of that

his mate, so I can assume he would protect me from his own wrath if I accidentally-or not so accidentally I suppose-found out something he

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

own body’s

doesn’t seem to matter to my wolf-or my body-that he rejected

makes me feel things I don’t

things

it clear that he doesn’t

same way.

him and try to force my wolf to

say, trying to sound casual. “Did you get

away, and I have to turn

is almost impossible

www

me-expression mostly dispassionate as usual, like he doesn’t even care about having to deal with me one way or the other-and it’s like he’s

my

know I followed

“So

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

pointedly go over and get my PJs

me,” Axel says, before sending me a nod and stepping out of the

gave Axel

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

been tempted to leave, but so far haven’t been brave

to try.