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.

volatile and

just the abduction and captivity, and

think we need to get out in the

mate, but not because I wanted

thought there was

get to know her, the more I can see why the Moon

and has the kind of spark I’ve rarely come across in all

protect her.

be better for her

like me would be nothing but a

immortal and Emily isn’t.

So, what?

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

go rogue when my mate dies and spend

would sign up

is too important.

the balance.

keep the peace between wolves

line that separates

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

understand why this has happened here and

one thing is

if I can’t mate her, I can still protect her like she’s mine.

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

me exactly what happened,” Aaron says, crossing his arms

and his pack 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 is thinking about all this right now. “I was the one who

narrow. “And what? Right then and there you 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

by the time he finishes those rapid–fire

for Emily’s sake,” I

for what

meant protecting her from