Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 316

“Don’t even think about locking me in here, Axel,” I tell him, my voice low and threatening.

Axel crosses his arms and looks on dispassionately, not intimidated by me in the least.

Why would he be?

He’s an impossibly powerful slayer who is reportedly hundreds of years old.

I’m probably nothing more than a gnat to him, small, annoying and inconvenient.

“You’re meeting up with strange men in the woods,” Axel replies, eyes narrowing. “You repeatedly run off no matter how many times we tell you not to, and you attacked your own Luna. You’ve brought this on yourself, Emily. Don’t act like it’s a surprise.”

“I didn’t meet up with anyone!” I shout in frustration. “I told you; it was just some random stranger. And I explained about Leah! I thought you understood.”

“Just because I understand, doesn’t mean I condone your behavior,” Axel replies in a harsh voice. “Aaron left me in charge, and I don’t plan to let him down. Your selfish actions. affect the pack whether you know and care or not. I’ll do

whatever it takes to keep you in line, Emily.”

With that, Axel turns on his heel and strides out of the room.

I rush after him, but he slams the door closed between us before I can get there.

A second later, that’s when I hear the lock clicking into place from the outside.

“No!” I yell furiously. “You can’t do this!”

After that, everything becomes a blur of yelling and crying, but Axel doesn’t come back, and doesn’t open the door.

window, thinking I can go through the French doors and climb

the glass and leaving anyway, but I’m not that far gone that I can’t see

have to come back eventually since I have nowhere else to go, and Axel would probably just lock me in the cellar or some kind of windowless room, making

being trapped like that makes me shudder, and the fight goes out

pillow for a while, before falling into a restless

the

house, but everything is dusty and feels abandoned, like I’ve been left here

I walk into the library and the room is warm and inviting, candles glowing softly and a cheery fire in

at seeing him, at realizing I’m

Axel says. “I’ve been waiting

and aloof. He’s smiling,

should be wary, but I can’t remember why.

forward, and Axel catches me up against him, holding me close and

I’ve

I’ve ever needed.

now I finally have

who loves me and will protect me and never

to look up at him, but before I can say anything,

like a drowning man gasping for air.

and everything a kiss should

a heady moment I think that if he claims

Axel suddenly

suddenly

something about him I’m meant to remember.

Something bad.