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.

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

about simply breaking the glass and leaving anyway, but I’m not that far gone that

Axel would probably just lock me

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

into my pillow for a while,

the dream starts.

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

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

leaps at seeing him, at realizing I’m not alone after all.

you are,” Axel says. “I’ve been

cold and aloof. He’s

thinks I should be wary,

rush forward, and Axel catches me up against him, holding me close and safe in

all I’ve

ever

finally have

loves me and will protect me and never let anything bad happen to me again.

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

me–devours me, really, like a drowning man gasping for

everything a kiss should be.

and for a heady moment I think that if he claims me right

I’m losing myself to the kiss, Axel suddenly pulls

wrong?” I ask him, suddenly feeling scared and worried.

I’m meant to remember.

Something bad.