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.

now her expression is

as

has brought me and realize I’m actually

doesn’t help that I

the tray and settle it on my

you haven’t lost your appetite,” she says as

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

to eat whether I had any appetite

can’t possibly think what’s happening to me is okay,” I say between

frowns and

your own good,” Jessica

rather than

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

fair, because actually, I do kind of sound like

I can see that she does care about what happens to

my best

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

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

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

Jessica doesn’t understand everything I went

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, I

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over and takes