Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 313

He holds out his hand and I take it, shaking.

His grip is firm and cool, and there’s something almost comforting about it.

“I’m Emily,” I tell him in return.

His smile deepens. “That’s a pretty name.”

I laugh at this.

Ronan might be too charming for his own good.

“I think it’s pretty basic myself, but you’re welcome to your opinion.”

He gives a quick, friendly laugh.

“So, Emily, what has you out here looking so down on a day like today?”

I take a slow breath, working out how I can explain without sounding crazy.

“Something bad happened to me, something traumatizing,” I begin, choosing my words carefully. “Something that went on for a long time. I finally got out just recently, and now my family are treating me like I’m fragile and broken. Maybe because I am.

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But I don’t want to be. And I can’t stay with my family, I can see that. It’s just not going to work. They’ll hate me when the realize the truth of everything that happened to me. Except I don’t know what to do, and don’t have anywhere else to go.”

Ronan nods, listening with sympathy and understanding.

And I realize it’s something no one has bothered to do since I got home.

They all just assume they know what happened to me, and what they should do about it.

have that moment with

wasn’t real..

be first in line to kill me if or when the

to you actually being extremely strong and brave. You survived that bad thing you went through. And maybe these might seem like empty words, but I’m sure if you look inside yourself, you’ll see that you came out

I don’t think I’ve ever stopped to consider that I might be stronger for

to me.

not in the way he

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experiments were literally torture, but I can do things now that I couldn’t do

makes

go back and have a choice, I’d choose not to ever go through that, because I can’t exactly say what

in greater danger from

benefits to the new me, if I decide to look at

can sense that you’re special, Emily,” Ronan continues in a sincere voice. “In a way that no one in your family can probably see. But I get the

this stranger has actually seen me- in a way Aaron and Jessica and Axel and everyone else

they just not

was gone for ten years, so they’ve all moved on

a spiteful way, I just mean in an oblivious

kind of way.

remember it’s them, not you,” Ronan says conspiratorially, leaning forward a little. “It’s also their loss if they can’t see any of that. You’re strong. You’ve proven that to yourself. You

I’m speechless.

what to say, but I’m deeply touched by

to him, emotion catching

smiles as he gets to his

a week,” he says.

reply, smiling, because I hope

get to my feet, and we stand

I step forward and

then hugs me back,