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.

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

is racing all the way back to the mansion, trying to figure

have even needed to say

mansion, then I rush upstairs to my room, where I hurry into the bathroom. I strip off my clothes and hurriedly tie a bathrobe around my body, and then stick my head under the

gone.

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

1

is dangerous, of that I have no

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

Axel walks into the

silently curse my own body’s reaction to

to my wolf-or my

makes me feel things I don’t want to

things

more so when he’s made it clear that he doesn’t

same way.

and try to force

for a while,” I say, trying to sound casual. “Did you get

and I have to turn back to him to

Axel is almost impossible

www

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

my face not to

know I followed

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

now,” I tell him instead of

get my PJs out of the

across the hall if you need me,” Axel says, before sending

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

Axel sleeps, or if he just lays awake all night and listens for

leave, but so

to try.