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.

blowing sharply from the north with the promise of new snow,

trying to figure out what Axel going after

have even needed to say

my room, where I hurry into the bathroom. I strip off my clothes and hurriedly tie a bathrobe around my body, and then stick

gone.

a charade, but I have no idea how Axel might react if he found out I had followed him

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is dangerous, of that

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

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

own

my wolf-or my body-that he

feel things

me want things I shouldn’t want

made it clear that he doesn’t

same way.

from him and try to force my

I say, trying to sound casual. “Did you get things figured out with

answer right away, and I have to turn back to him to

problem is, Axel is almost impossible

www

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

away again, willing my face not

know

busy,” Axel eventually says. “So I didn’t get to talk to

tell him instead

get my

if you need me,” Axel says, before

the role of my ‘protector’ Aaron gave Axel the empty guest room across

lays awake all night and listens for

to leave, but so far haven’t been

to try.