Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 317

I barely sleep the rest of the night.

The next morning, Axel unlocks the door carly, but I don’t immediately get out of bed.

I’m not sure if I have the energy or will to face the day.

I wonder what Axel will do if I turn the tables on him and refuse to leave my bedroom, so whether he locks the door or not becomes pointless.

Around mid–morning, there’s a knock on the door.

I don’t answer, even though I doubt it’s Axel.

He wouldn’t knock. He would just barge right in.

The door swings open a few seconds later and Jessica walks in, carrying a tray with what looks like breakfast on it.

“Good morning,” she says in a soft voice, sending me a hesitant smile, as if unsure of her welcome.

Oh great, now even Jessica is tiptoeing around me.

“Does the entire pack know I’m a nutjob who needs to be locked up in her room?” I ask, pulling a blanket over my head.

I hear the sounds of Jessica setting the tray onto the nightstand next to my bed, then a second later the mattress dips and Jessica tugs the blankets away from my face.

that,” she says, and now her expression is more sympathetic and understanding.

as I push

food Jessica has brought

that I missed dinner

tray and settle it on

haven’t lost your appetite,” she

when you get abducted and held captive, eating becomes about survival, especially if you don’t know if or when the next

to eat whether I had any appetite

can’t possibly think what’s happening to

and glances away.

it was for your own good,” Jessica says, and

reciting, rather than something she actually

a bit…erratic since I got home,” I reply, trying to choose my words carefully. “But

saying it’s not fair, because actually, I do kind

that she

my best friend, after

can’t go against what he says. And maybe I

down at my

shouldn’t have attacked Leah…at least not where there were witnesses.

Jessica doesn’t understand everything I went through

instead of answering Jessica’s statement. “I can’t be locked up in this bedroom all the time. I need to shift. I need to

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over and takes my