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.

than just the abduction and captivity, and even the pack wars

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

I rejected her as my mate, but not

because I thought there was

know her, the more I can

both have our dark sides, but Emily is brave and fierce and has the kind of spark I’ve rarely come across in all my long

protect her.

be better for

someone like me would be nothing but a curse.

and

So, what?

her and love her and then get to live one short lifetime with

when my mate dies and spend the rest of eternity missing something–someone–I

in their right mind would sign up for

is too

the balance.

between wolves and

am the line

a mate before, because if I lost her and went rogue or died myself, then who would uphold the ancient treaty any

understand why this has happened here and now with

thing is

can still protect her

before I have to move on to whatever next

me exactly what happened,” Aaron says, crossing his arms and taking up a belligerent

attacked, the day you found out Emily was still alive,” I begin, trying to keep my voice even and free of emotion since I don’t know what Aaron

“And what? Right then and there you rejected her? When you knew what’d happened to her? When you could see how fragile she

shouting by the time he finishes those

for Emily’s sake,” I

bad for what

meant protecting her from myself.