Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 312

EMILY

As soon as Axel confirms he is in fact Axiel Mercier, the legendary vampire slayer, I turn and run, no idea where I’m going, just knowing I need to get out of the house.

I had told the doctor I wanted to tell Aaron something–which was partially true–I’d decided in the bathroom I needed to tell Aaron I didn’t care about Axel rejecting me, that I didn’t want to be his mate after all.

How true those thoughts had turned out to be.

I’d gotten as far as the hallway when I’d heard Aaron shouting at Axel about him rejecting me, and then paused outside the door as Axel had told Aaron there were things about him that Aaron didn’t know.

Dangerous things.

It wasn’t my fault their voices had carried so clearly.

And okay, maybe I shouldn’t have been eavesdropping.

But after Axel’s reply, my curiosity had gotten the better of me, so I’d loitered, holding my breath, wondering what could be so terrible and dangerous that Axel had apparently rejected me for my own good.

A

Would turn out to be none

other than a notorious, immortal slayer.

Axiel Mercier is like the human bogeyman for young wolves. We got old scary bedtime stories about him.

Be a good wolf or Axiel Mercier will come for you.

A lot of wolves don’t even believe he actually exists.

Stories about him petered off in the last hundred years or so. People began to believe that maybe he’d been killed.

a bedroom across the hall

possible

to protect me and look after me is the very same person

more danger than

run, and don’t stop running until I’ve

in a local National Forest where humans come

back–especially with

to do.

nowhere else to

no possessions, no money of my own.

a bank account for me to access the family’s vast finances, but the card hasn’t arrived in the mail yet, and I’m not even sure I have full access without Aaron’s approval.

chance he’s restricted my access to make it harder

shift and emerge from the forest, coming out

and sit there, resisting the urge to cry as my thoughts spin in circles and

kiss

my

the worst thing is, even knowing

longs

Moon Goddess tie me to such a man?

did I do to deserve such a

don’t mind me saying, but it’s such a

someone so lovely look so sad?”

my left and look around to see a tall man standing

wing and his eyes are the most

old Roberts Alpha began his

to indicate he means no harm, and I realize I’m

can anyone blame me for

the man who was meant to be my mate rejected me, and turned out

a friendly smile. “You just look like. something is really bothering you, and I couldn’t