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.

captivity, and even the pack wars before

think we need to

mate, but not because I wanted

thought there was anything wrong with

to know her, the more I can see why the

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.

it would be better for her in

would be nothing but a curse.

immortal and Emily

So, what?

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

my mate dies and spend the rest of eternity missing something–someone–I can never get back?

would sign up

I do is too important.

the

peace between wolves

line

I lost her and went rogue or

happened here and now

thing is certain.

her, I can still protect her like

safe and well before I have to move on to

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

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 woods. As soon as I saw her, I knew. I felt the pull down to my bones. Down

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

the time he finishes those

Emily’s sake,” I tell

feel bad for what I did to protect

though it meant protecting