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

captivity, and

properly, I think we need to get out in the

her as my mate, but

thought there was anything wrong with Emily.

her, the more I can see why

Emily is brave and fierce and has the kind of

protect her.

better for her in

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

and Emily

So, what?

and love her and then get

then maybe go rogue when my mate dies and spend the

right mind would sign up

I do is

the balance.

the peace between wolves and

am the line that

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

don’t understand why this has happened here and now

thing is

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

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

exactly what happened,” Aaron says, crossing his

came home from the Council Hall after Ryker 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 found Emily out in the

to her? When you could see how fragile

the time he

this for Emily’s sake,” I tell him calmly.

feel bad for what I did to protect my

though it meant protecting her from