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.

she says, and now

bitterly as

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

I missed

tray and settle it on my

your appetite,” she says as I start eating.

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

to eat whether I had any appetite

to

frowns and

it was for your own good,” Jessica says,

she’s reciting, rather

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

clamp my mouth closed after saying it’s not fair, because

can see that she does care about what happens to

best friend, after

Emily. Even if he is your brother, we can’t go against what he says. And maybe I haven’t always been Leah’s biggest fan, but attacking your

head and stare down at my partially eaten breakfast, shame heating my

least not where

doesn’t understand everything I went through because

this bedroom all the time. I need to shift. I need to run. If I

www

over and takes my