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.

thinks that,” she says, and now her expression is

they?” I question bitterly as I push myself upright.

Jessica has brought me and realize I’m

help that I missed dinner last

tray and settle it on my lap as Jessica smiles in approval.

your appetite,” she says as I start eating.

telling her that when you get abducted and held captive, eating becomes about survival, especially if

I had any appetite or

can’t possibly think what’s happening to me is

and glances away.

it was for your own good,”

rather than

choose my words carefully. “But

because actually, I do kind of sound like a whiny kid.

see that she does care about what happens

best

Alpha, 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

down at my partially eaten breakfast, shame heating my cheeks.

attacked Leah…at least not where there

doesn’t understand everything I went

ten 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.

www

reaches over and takes my