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.

is blowing sharply from the north with the promise of new snow, so I’m

way back to the mansion, trying to figure out what Axel going after

needed to say to such

tie a bathrobe around my body, and then stick my head under the shower

gone.

charade, but I have no idea

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dangerous, of that I have no

as 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 didn’t want me to

Axel walks

silently curse my own body’s reaction to

my

things I don’t

things I shouldn’t want from

so when he’s made it clear

same way.

turn away from him and try to force my wolf to

to sound casual. “Did you get things

have to turn back to him to

is, Axel is

www

at 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 trying to find some kind of ulterior motive behind

again, willing my face not to burn with

he know

“So I didn’t get

to bed now,” I tell him instead

go over and get my PJs out of

if you need me,” Axel says, before sending me

Aaron gave Axel

or two whether Axel sleeps, or if he just lays awake all night and listens for any clues that I might be

leave, but so

to try.