Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 310

AXEL

Aaron stalks across the hall into the room he gave me to use.

I’m assuming he doesn’t want to leave Emily for long in case she tries to run or decides she’s going to pick up where she left off with Leah.

I have a better understanding now of why Emily hates Leah so much.

The old Roberts Alpha sounds like he was a twisted bastard.

I think Aaron would maybe have more sympathy and understanding for Emily if he knew some of what she went through, but it’s not my place to tell him.

I won’t betray Emily’s confidence like that.

Aaron and Leah leaving for the Old Country for a few days, or a week is probably for the best.

It’ll give Emily some time to adjust without Leah here to constantly remind her of what she went through.

However, I get the sense Emily wasn’t telling me everything.

Like maybe she told me a sanitized version, and there was much

more to it.

Probably things that were even more horrible than what she spoke of.

It’s clear I need to get to the bottom of it all.

Preferably before we have more instances like today.

There are mounting mysteries about Emily that make me think all isn’t as it seems with her.

Something is bubbling under the surface.

and wild.

abduction and captivity, and even the pack wars before

Emily to start healing properly, I think we need to get out in the open whatever is going

rejected her as my mate, but not because I wanted to.

because I thought there was anything wrong with

her, the more I can see why the Moon Goddess

have our dark sides, but Emily is brave and fierce and has the kind of spark I’ve rarely come

protect her.

better for her in the long

mated–bound–to someone like me would be nothing

immortal and

So, what?

and love her and then get to

rogue when my mate dies and spend the rest of eternity missing

mind would sign up for

is too important.

the

keep the peace between wolves and

am the line

the Moon Goddess never gave me a mate before, because if I lost her

has happened here and now with

thing

I can

safe and well before I have to move on to whatever next rogue vampire or

what happened,” Aaron says, crossing his arms and taking

alive,” I begin, trying to keep my voice even and free of emotion since I don’t know what Aaron is thinking about all this right now. “I was the one who found Emily out in the woods. As soon as I saw her, I knew. I felt the pull down to my bones. Down

rejected her? When you knew what’d happened to her? When you could see how fragile she was? Did you even stop to think what rejecting your mate

by the time he

this for Emily’s sake,” I

bad for what I

though it meant protecting her from