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.

one thinks that,” she says, and now

I question bitterly as I

the selection of food Jessica has brought me and realize I’m

that I missed dinner

on my

appetite,” she says as

eating becomes about survival, especially if you don’t

eat whether I had any

happening to

frowns and glances

your own good,” Jessica says,

rather

a bit…erratic since I got home,” I reply, trying to choose my words carefully. “But I don’t deserve to be locked in my room like I’m some badly behaved kid. It’s not fair.”

closed after saying it’s not fair, because actually, I do

she does care about what

is my best friend,

against what he says. And maybe I haven’t always been Leah’s biggest fan, but attacking your Luna is crossing

stare down at my partially eaten breakfast, shame

have attacked Leah…at least not

everything I went through because of

say 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 run. If I can’t do those things,

www

and takes my hand.