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

bitterly as I

Jessica has brought

doesn’t help that I missed dinner last

the tray and settle it on my lap as Jessica smiles

your appetite,” she says as I start

don’t bother telling her that when you get abducted and held captive, eating becomes about survival, especially if you don’t know if or when the next meal is

eat whether I had any appetite

to me is

and

own

she’s reciting, rather than something she actually

got home,” I reply, trying to choose my words carefully. “But I don’t deserve to be locked

it’s not fair, because

can see that she does

is my best friend,

And maybe I haven’t always been Leah’s biggest fan, but attacking your Luna

at my partially eaten breakfast, shame heating my cheeks.

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

I went

years locked away,” I 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, I don’t know how to

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