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

just the abduction and captivity, and

to start healing properly, I think we need to get out in the open whatever is going on with her.

my mate, but not because I wanted to.

thought there was anything wrong with Emily.

I can see why the Moon Goddess paired

but Emily is brave and fierce and has the kind of spark

protect her.

be better for her in the long run.

mated–bound–to someone like me would be nothing but a

and

So, what?

mate her and love her and then get to

spend

in their right mind would

is

keep the balance.

peace between wolves

line that separates

I lost

happened here and

thing is

if I can’t mate her, I can still protect her

make sure she’s safe and well before I have to move on to whatever next rogue vampire or wolf I’m

Aaron says, crossing his

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

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 mate would do

shouting by the time he finishes those

for Emily’s sake,” I tell him

bad for what I did to protect my

meant protecting her from